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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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....

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...