"I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything."
- Sebastian Horsley
"The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'."
"I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator."
"Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics."
"I didn't want to tell Mother I worked as a journalist. She thought I was a prostitute. Locking yourself in a room and inventing characters and conversations which do not exit is no way for a grown man..."
"We can't all be stars because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as I go by."
"One of the many troubles of growing older is that it gets progressively harder to find a famous historical figure who hadn't yet amounted to anything by the time he was your age."
"Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations."
"Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow."