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All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true.

— David Cronenberg

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Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion.

Cronenberg on Cronenberg (1997)

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.

Cronenberg on Cronenberg (1997)

The desire to be loved is really death when it comes to art.

I know that many artists feel that they are frauds - that's part of the pleasure of creativity.

We are confused and bemused, and think that it’s a momentary delusion that will soon dissipate, leaving our lives to continue as they were.

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