“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”

“When we chant or say the General Confession we pray that hereafter we may live "a godly, righteous and sober life.” But I wonder sometimes if we are too sober. The impression made by the apostles was that they were drunk; intoxicated with God.”

“In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.”

“When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.”

“It always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk.”

“In actual fact, no man is honest when sober; in actual fact, you cannot believe a single word that a sober man says. I wish I were drunk myself.”

“Oons, sir! do you say that I am drunk? I say, sir, that I am as sober as a judge.”

“A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.”

“The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.”

“I am neither as drunk as a Lord, nor as sober as a judge. I am more in the condition of a Lord Justice.”