47 Quotes by Spalding Gray

I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.

When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room.

When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.

When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo.

I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel.

And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my pillow behind my head, and having a sip of that champagne, and just as I was bringing down and adjusting my Thai purple sleep mask, I had an inkling. I had a flash. I suddenly thought I knew what it was that had killed Marilyn Monroe.

He won't fly on the Balinese airline, Garuda, because he won't fly on any airline where the pilots believe in reincarnation.

I hadn't had a perfect moment yet. And it's very important for me to have perfect moments in exotic countries like that... it kind of lets you know when it's time to go home...

To be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.