I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

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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 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...

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

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

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...

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 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....

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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...

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

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...