Matt Roper quotes:

I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.'

I'm a Taurus, you know. A bull. I belong in a field.

I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.

Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.' My relatives seem to drop like flies around me. Who's next? Will it be someone I can't stand?

Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.

I've spent so much of my adult life in relationships that it's actually quite pleasant to be alone at last. I turned thirty-six the other day, which staggers me when I think about it.

I can't abide small talk.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

We must remember to enjoy ourselves.

I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.

I once knew a girl who didn't know where anywhere was in the world. Not a clue. I asked her if she knew where Africa was and she answered, 'Is it the orange one on a map?'