Greg Giraldo Quotes

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.

I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad.

And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are.

I'm pretty sure I'm not at war with myself.

All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - constantly doubting ourselves, worrying, wondering if we've made a mistake. Could we have done better? Are we good people? Are we bad people?

I was losing sight of myself and started to get anxiety and stress. You work at such a pace and you don't have time to sit with yourself and think.

If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking.

I felt I was a bit switched off for years, not really caring about things. I don't know if that's depression or whatever, but I was thinking 'I might. Aye I will. No, I willnae' as far as getting a second series goes.

Maybe there is something wrong with me as I don't feel any pressure or fear.

It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.

I didn't know what was going through my mind.

Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'

I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I would walk past that person in the mirror or listen to that person playing guitar and I didn't know who they were.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

There is an element in which anxiety co-represents with aspects of my personality I wouldn't want to give up. It allows you to have foresight. I may not be as empathetic. It's hard to figure out the difference between pathology and personality.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive.

I wake up, and I'll just start reading and trying to brace myself for the rest of the day, and all the while I'm doing that, I'm kicking myself mentally.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.

Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.

I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.

There are times I can't even figure myself out.

I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.

I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal.