It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathingthey are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and…

Quote by Stephen Fry

Topics: Conscious Quotes, Self Loathing Quotes

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

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...

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

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.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

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...

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...

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

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....

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 am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

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...

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.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...