The thing is, and here we come to E. Gorey's Great Simple Theory About Art (which he has never tried to communicate to anybody else until now, so prepare for Severe Bafflement), that on the surface they are so obviously those situations that it is ve...
What is boredom? Endless repetitions, like, for example, Navidson’s corridors and rooms, which are consistently devoid of any Myst-like discoveries thus causing us to lose interest. What then makes anything exciting? Or better yet: what is exciting...
When I was a kid--10, 11, 12, 13--the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. And back then, a thought would go through my head ...
Would it not be better if they spent more money on wholesome things like oranges and wholemeal bread or if they even, like the writer of the letter to the New Statesman, saved on fuel and ate their carrots raw? Yes, it would, but the point is that no...
And I'm not as young as I once was. At my age, I don't have time to be bored.
Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.
There is a lot to do in life than to get bored with.
Most people are boring and stupid.
Darling, I'm so unutterably bored as to be a hazard
There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.
If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored.
Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.
I don't see myself as a philosopher. That's awfully boring.
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is.
I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.
I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.
I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue.
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
This world, I am afraid, is designed for crashing bores.