47 Quotes by Spalding Gray

How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself.

I consulted a therapist at Mass. General. After about 20 minutes, he stopped me and said, 'You're just a big existential garbage pail. Go home and relax.'

I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath.

The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt.

Real life has always let me down. That's why I do the monologues. I have always said I would rather tell a life than live a life. But I have to live a life in order to tell one.

When I was in therapy about two years ago, one day I noticed that I hadn't had any children. And I like children at a distance. I wondered if I'd like them up close. I wondered why I didn't have any. I wondered if it was a mistake, or if I'd done it on purpose, or what. And I noticed my therapist didn't have any children either. He had pictures of his cats on the wall. Framed.

I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him

One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story.

Real life has always let me down. That’s why I do the monologues. I have always said I would rather tell a life than live a life. But I have to live a life in order to tell one.