64 Quotes by Stewart Lee

I'm very grateful to my adoptive family. My mother sorted my life out.

If a gig goes badly, my main worry is, 'Will these people come back?' Because that will affect my ability to pay the mortgage - but nowadays, I don't really mind what happens, as I think if it all goes wrong for real, you still have to go with it.

Anyone in the arts has had an experience of seeing someone who they related to doing something and thinking, 'I could do that.' If you have one generation where you force its hand a bit, then the next one fills in the gaps, because it's seen an example of what can be done.

I don't mind causing offence when I intend to, but I don't like causing it accidentally.

I'm in this for the long haul, I want to be doing this until I die. I am a standup comedian. I know a lot of people say I'm not, but I am.

The me you see on stage is largely a construct, based on me at my worst, my most annoying, my most petty, and my most patronizing.

It's difficult to write anything at the moment, as every week there's a seismic shift in world events.

I read in the 'Daily Mail' that I'm one of these 'foul-mouthed comedians.' But I'm much cleaner than the people they like. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to think that a 70-year-old - particularly someone like Alan Bennett - would like it, because they've seen a lot of stuff.

I think what I do is borderline art. Most people who do borderline art have to have other jobs, so I'm very grateful.