A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

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The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself.

The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have...

The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have...

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

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.

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...

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

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

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...