I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.

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Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

Television's Mr. Filth: that's me.

Television's Mr. Filth: that's me.

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art.

Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art.

Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures.

Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures.

People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It...

People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It...

Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people...

Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people...

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only...

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only...

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write...

There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write...

To love it too much is to obscure and not see what is there.

To love it too much is to obscure and not see what is there.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to...

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to...

God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.

God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they have been in.

The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they have been in.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.

Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.