“My nervous system is a shattered wreck, and I am absolutely bored and ...” — H. P. Lovecraft Quote

“My nervous system is a shattered wreck, and I am absolutely bored and listless save when I come upon something which peculiarly interests me.”

“Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions.”

“Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.”

“You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.”

“I don't get bored.”

“One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.'”