I don't live anywhere. I have always dreamed of moving out of my country because Sweden is boring.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.
[Referring to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden: He is not only a bore but he bores for England.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
The last thing you want to do is be a bore. When you wake up in the morning, give yourself a good mirror test. If you look like you’re going to be a sulking, pouting bore, slap yourself in the face before you go out to the office.
I was a purist bore.
He was not only a bore; he bored for England
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.
When a lion meets another with a louder roar, the first lion thinks the last a bore.
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.
The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.
When you never leave the literary biosphere, you forget how few people actually read books, and that in turn makes you start overestimating both your ability to make money and your relative renown, which has dangerous consequences: the first means you may end up in debt; the second means you may end up a horrid bore.
