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

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.

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...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

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...

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?

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...

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

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...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

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.

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.

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...

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...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

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...

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

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...

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...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...