What do prisoners do? Write, of course; even if they have to use blood as ink, as the Marquis de Sade did. The reasons they write, the exquisitely frustrating restrictions of their autonomy and the fact that no one listens… — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
“To the extent that self-expression does broadcast and reinforce a person's character, it clarifies a link between art, eccentricity, and mental illness. The more… — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful or influential in a particular social setting. — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
The mania is like wasps under the skin, like my head's going to explode with ideas. — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
“The scientist in me worries that my happiness is nothing more than a symptom of bipolar disease, hypergraphia from a postpartum disorder. The rest… — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
What do prisoners do? Write, of course; even if they have to use blood as ink, as the Marquis de Sade did. The reasons… — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
It's no fun feeling your thoughts are being controlled by an electrode, and someone else is holding the clicker. — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
How could poetry and literature have arisen from something as plebian as the cuneiform equivalent of grocery-store bar codes? I prefer the version in… — Alice Weaver Flaherty Copy Share Image
