Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness. Stephen Fry creationexperiencefruit Change image and share on social
There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know. Stephen Fry doubtextremegreat Change image and share on social
Generally, we admire the thing we are not. Stephen Fry admiregenerallything Change image and share on social
Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them. Stephen Fry actioncastchair Change image and share on social
It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common. Stephen Fry americanaustraliancommon Change image and share on social
It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue. Stephen Fry clichetrueuntrue Change image and share on social
To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too. Stephen Fry adoreadultapparently share on social
It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh... Robert Schumann has been mentioned... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath... some of them with rather grim ends. Stephen Fry bipolardescribeend share on social
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 accentamericanbrilliance Change image and share on social
You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height. Stephen Fry backcheerfulnessextra Change image and share on social