Will Self Quotes

The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored.

"I am bored" generally means "I am boring."

People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

I hate getting bored.

I get bored in Hollywood.

Variety is the key to not being bored.

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.

Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.

No one should ever be bored. … One can be horrified, or disgusted, but one can’t be bored.

I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted, or a life so full of stimulus that you are easily bored.

I think what we call the dullness of things is a disease in ourselves. Else how could anyone find an intense interest in life? And many do.

I don't get bored.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

It's nice not to be too boring.

I would get very bored if I just did one thing.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Getting bored is not allowed.

The most boring thing in the world? Silence.

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

If you're not challenged, you'll get bored.

'Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions.

Boredom is the deadliest poison.

It's a sin to bore people.

There is no sin worse in life than being boring and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do.