I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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....

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

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.

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

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