“The scientist in me worries that my happiness is nothing more than a symptom of bipolar disease, hypergraphia from a postpartum disorder. The rest of me thinks that artificially splitting off the scientist in me from the writer in me… — 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
