Locked Up Quotes
Confinement as joke, warning, and lived reality.
These locked up quotes treat confinement in very different registers, from comedic threats aimed at unfunny people to a serious reflection on decades actually spent behind bars. One speaker even credits humor with getting them through that long stretch. For a broader look at the theme, see our Confinement collection.
If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.
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I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up.
If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.
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Other lines suggest that without a creative outlet, a restless mind might figuratively end up locked up too, turning the phrase into a metaphor for self-control. That reading fits well alongside our Identity quotes, where similar ideas about inner discipline show up often.
