Quotes by Spalding Gray

“I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.”

“I knew I couldnt live in America and I wasnt ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .”

“I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave.”

“The greatest thing that happens to me when Im skiing is the harmony. The only time I was ever present in my body before was in sex, performing, drugs and with the sea. Skiing became the new and healthy way of being present - although I dont know if its healthy, I could sever my spinal cord.”

“Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours.”

“everything is contingent, and there is also chaos”

“I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think thats where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to.”

“I say that I cant make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. Im cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling youre always in control, youre like God.”

“I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.”

“[NEW YORK (CNN) -- In his monologue] Swimming to Cambodia, ... Thailand, the Pure Land.”

All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities.

I knew I couldnt live in America and I wasnt ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .

I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think thats where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to.