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.

Words themselves - the very material of our discourse increasingly take on masks or disguises

Metaphor is embodied in language.

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.

Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them and not just say, 'Oh they're all the same.' They are all the same in certain ways, alas - a political animal is such an animal.

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

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