Top 60 Quotes by Stephen Fry

About Stephen Fry

These are some quotes by British author Stephen Fry Comedian, who was born on August 24, 1957.

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

Stephen Fry

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.

Stephen Fry

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

Stephen Fry

Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.

Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.

Stephen Fry

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

Stephen Fry

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.

Stephen Fry

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Stephen Fry

My father was all brain and little heart.

My father was all brain and little heart.

Stephen Fry

I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.

Stephen Fry

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

Stephen Fry

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