I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them. Spalding Gray armbabyhold Change image and share on social
I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup. Spalding Gray pureerestsoup Change image and share on social
If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover. Spalding Gray goodlaughlover Change image and share on social
I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to. Spalding Gray backfantasizegirlfriend share on social
I may look like an American WASPy doctor or lawyer, but I feel just like Woody Allen. Don't cast me for my looks - I have a very ironic, existential, crazy Jew in me. Spalding Gray allenamericancast Change image and share on social
Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours. Spalding Gray goodhourminute Change image and share on social
I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave. Spalding Gray agecommitconvince Change image and share on social
I think of my father and how confused he was by me. He understood my love for theater, and he understood that New York City was the only place that it was happening in America, really, in any live way. Spalding Gray americacityconfuse share on social
When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. Spalding Gray citygaragegroup Change image and share on social
What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and do what has to be done to enjoy, stay alive, take pleasure in this place. Spalding Gray alivedecipherenjoy share on social
