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

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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...

Everything we do has consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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...

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 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.

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

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

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

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...

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 believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.