I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

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Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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 think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...