Spalding Gray on how you can tell when you’re having an adventure

“Oh, looking for adventure, are ya? Well you can tell you’re having a real adventure when you wished you were home in bed.”
–Spalding Gray, quoting a janitor in a bar, Sex and Death to the Age 14 (1986)

Posted by Rolf Potts | Comments (2)  | March 4, 2004
Category: Travel Quote of the Day


2 Responses to “Spalding Gray on how you can tell when you’re having an adventure”

  1. mitch Says:
    March 4th, 2004 at 2:54 pm

    Rolf:

    not sure you heard, but spalding gray walked out of his townhouse in manhatten about a month or so ago and has never been heard from since. they are fearing the worst, as he had a history of deep depression.

    dance on.

    mitch

  2. Roger Norum Says:
    March 9th, 2004 at 5:12 pm

    Yes, it was sadly confirmed yesterday; his body was discovered washed up on the banks of New York’s East River. A very sad day indeed.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/arts/09GRAY.html