I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

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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 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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

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...

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.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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

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

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...