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I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

I still have a temper, I suppose.

I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.

My temper is of a recluse and contemplative cast; had it been otherwise, I should, perhaps, on some former occasions, have entered into the active concerns of the world and not have been connected with it merely as a writer of books.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

For a long time I thought I could deal with my anger and hostility on my own. But I couldn't. I denied that it had affected me, and yet I was so frantic on the inside with other people: I needed to be constantly reassured.

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it.

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.