Sebastian Horsley Quotes

Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow.

Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.

A woman is supposed to have curves like an old Bentley, not like some old bike.

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

I am not an intellectual. An intellectual is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso, whereas I just say 'pass the mustard'.

People either hate me or dislike me - but I realized that people aren't against you, they are for themselves. We're all prejudiced in favor of ourselves.

The problem I've got is that I really, really like drugs. I love everything about them. It is horrific being sober all the time-utterly awful.

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.

People are obsessed by happiness, but there are a lot of other invigorating experiences available.

To be worthy of assassination takes more than some crappy little book.

But really death seems the least awful thing that can happen to someone

The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.

Getting old is horrible, but it is interesting . . . one of the things I've realized is that growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

I am desperate for attention. But everyone else is too. Everyone has fantasies of fame and greatness. Life for most people is a process of shedding those fantasies.

We build our character as a carapace to keep away the fear of the abyss. That's what our character is for.

I might be old, but I'm still desirable.

I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator.

I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.

[…] life is just the misery left between abortion and euthanasia […]

I like fat girls. A woman can never be too poor or too fat. I'd take a poor fat girl over a rich thin girl like Kate Moss.

I don't think I'm known for my gifts - I'm known for my gall. I don't want to be just a famous person - I'm too old.

It's really interesting because 50 years ago, if you didn't wear a hat everyone looked at you. It just proves that everything is fashion.

If I hear that people are litigious, I immediately dismiss them.

My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish.

The function of music is to release us from the boredom of existence.

I like to remind myself that every morning I'm making a choice to live.

We can't all be stars because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as I go by.