Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter
Dennis Christopher George Potterwas an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth17 May 1935
thinking land childhood
I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.
too-much obscure
To love it too much is to obscure and not see what is there.
boys wonderful celebrate
The nowness of everything is absolutely wonderful.... If you see the present tense, boy do you see it, and boy can you celebrate it.
children writing poet
Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.
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.
mouths trouble knows
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
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.
art believe people
I also believe in cigarettes, cholesterol, alcohol, carbon monoxide, masturbation, the Arts Council, nuclear weapons, the Daily Telegraph, and not properly labeling fatal poisons, but above all else, most of all, I believe in the one thing that can come out of people's mouths: vomit.
mask disguise discourse
Words themselves - the very material of our discourse increasingly take on masks or disguises
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.