Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

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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...

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

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...

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

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

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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

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