When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair…

Quote by Stephen Fry

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It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if...

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if...

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He...

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He...

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to...

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to...

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.