I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

Quote by Dennis Potter

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Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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...

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

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

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.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

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.

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...

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...

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.