I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

Quote by Dennis Potter

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Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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....

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.