When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room. Spalding Gray breakdownchristcome 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'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person. Spalding Gray basicallyfearfulperson Change image and share on social
I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City . Spalding Gray americacitycoast Change image and share on social
I was raised as an upper-class WASP in New England, and there was this old tradition there that everyone would simply be guided into the right way after Ivy League college and onward and upward. And it rejected me, I rejected it, and I ended up as a kind of refugee, really. Spalding Gray classcollegeend share on social
Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos. Spalding Gray chaoscontingent Change image and share on social
I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God. Spalding Gray artistcollagecontrol share on social
The fact that New York continues in the face of all of the chaos, of the crime, of the madness, you just think that it would just pop and vanish, just explode. Spalding Gray chaoscontinuecrime Change image and share on social
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
When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance. Spalding Gray filmhealthhollywood Change image and share on social
