I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

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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.

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...

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

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...