Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

Quote by Dennis Potter

Topics: Dennis Potter Quotes

The loss of Eden is personally experienced by every one of us as we leave...

The loss of Eden is personally experienced by every one of us as we leave...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there...

The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there...

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor....

The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor....

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness.

That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness.

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

As a piece of literacy criticism, Freud's best writing is about Dostoyevsky. It's a kind...

As a piece of literacy criticism, Freud's best writing is about Dostoyevsky. It's a kind...

As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very...

As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very...