Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter
Dennis Christopher George Potterwas an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth17 May 1935
Dennis Potter quotes about
imagination
The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in one's own imagination.
thinking land childhood
I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.
children littles creatures
Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures.
people adults enough
As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.
consequence
Everything we do has consequences.
way done yeast
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.
writing analysis fiction
There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work.
emotion dangerous instant
It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.
The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself.
writing speech metaphor
The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?
regret single-mom dying
I haven't had a single moment of terror since they told me [I was dying]. My only regret is to die four pages too soon. If I can finish, then I'm quite happy to go.
childhood personality fatherhood
Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.
language metaphor
Metaphor is embodied in language.
television filth
Television's Mr. Filth: that's me.