I'm a hero wid coward's legs, I'm a hero from the waist up.

Life is a long agonized illness only curable by death.

This silent call you make, A silence so loud I fear the world knows it's meaning If you fill every corner of a room Where can I look? If I close my eyes the silence becomes louder! There is no escape from you The only way out is in

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.

I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalized and for deep narcosis (sleep). I cannot stand being awake. The pain is too much... Something has happened to me, this vital spark has stopped burning - I go to a dinner table now and I don't say a word, just sit there like a dodo. Normally I am the centre of attention, keeps the conversation going, - so that is depressing in itself. It's like another person taking over, very strange. The most important thing I say is 'good evening' and then I go quiet.

I'm Irish. We think sideways

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.