Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade, as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. But a modest assertion of one's own opinion, and a complaisant acquiescence in other people's, preserve dignity.

[Stand-up] might be ballsy, but I'd rather not be an actor. Actors are tools.

The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.

One UK paper described me as a "miserablist", a word I'd never heard before or since. I looked it up and it means someone who can only be happy when they are miserable. Perfect.

I sometimes wonder if necrophiliacs are really into dead people or if they just enjoy the quiet.

I'm forty four; I'm way closer to dead than I am life of the party.

I drank, smoked and did drugs to get where I'm at.