The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose. – Dennis Potter
Children can write poetry and then, unless theyre poets, they stop when reach puberty. – Dennis Potter
The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in ones own imagination. – Dennis Potter
The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not? – Dennis Potter
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also – if you love them enough. – George Washington Carver