--- title: "10 Insomniacs Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Insomniacs quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Insomniacs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/michael-cunningham-1120_haunt_insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-i_1981494.png" --- > [Insomniacs know better than anyone how it would be to haunt a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cunningham/insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-it-would-be-to-haunt-a-house/) [Michael Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cunningham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/michael-cunningham-1120_haunt_insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-i_1981494.png) > [Olivia Newton-John - Australia's gift to insomniacs. It's nothing but the blonde singing the bland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/minnie-riperton/olivia-newton-john-australia-s-gift-to-insomniacs-it-s-nothing-but/) [Minnie Riperton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/minnie-riperton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/minnie-riperton-71940_australia_olivia-newton-john-australia-s-gift-to-i_2649934.png) > [Montovani? They play Montovani to insomniacs that don't respond to strong drugs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-williams/montovani-they-play-montovani-to-insomniacs-that-don-t-respond-to/) [Robin Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/robin-williams-682_drug_montovani-they-play-montovani-to-insomni_917974.jpg) > [These ante meridiem cats, insomniacs... Four in the mornin' we throwin back some Cognac juice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prodigy/these-ante-meridiem-cats-insomniacs-four-in-the-mornin-we-throwin/) [Prodigy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prodigy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/prodigy-2087_cat_these-ante-meridiem-cats-insomniacs-four_2511412.png) > [“writers—like insomniacs—are so accident-prone, so obsessed with the calculus of bad luck and missed opportunities, so liable to rumination and a concomitant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/writers-like-insomniacs-are-so-accident-prone-so-obsessed-with-the/) [Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/michael-chabon-627_bad-luck_writers-like-insomniacs-are-so-accident_580391.png) > [“For all the insomniacs of the world I want to build a new kind of machine For flying out of the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/for-all-the-insomniacs-of-the-world-i-want-to-build-a-new-kind-of/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/edward-hirsch-1614_computers_for-all-the-insomniacs-of-the-world-i-wa_2611912.jpg) > [Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/insomniacs-tend-to-fall-into-two-general-categories-those-who-give-up/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/sloane-crosley-1764_categories_insomniacs-tend-to-fall-into-two-general_3100043.png) > [“Insomniacs should not be forced to exist in a realm with reflective glass. From the first look I’m boxed in a prism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-sledz/insomniacs-should-not-be-forced-to-exist-in-a-realm-with-reflective/) [Amanda Sledz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-sledz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/amanda-sledz-79340_coffee_insomniacs-should-not-be-forced-to-exist_1741345.jpg) > [Insomniacs will be familiar with that disastrous moment as you lie there in the dark, with your eyes shut, when you think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-coren-mitchell/insomniacs-will-be-familiar-with-that-disastrous-moment-as-you-lie/) [Victoria Coren Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-coren-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/victoria-coren-mitchell-5194_brain_insomniacs-will-be-familiar-with-that-di_2288102.jpg) > [Insomniac is an impassioned work-an inspired amalgam of academic and first-hand research, memoir, analysis, and the kind of obsessive brooding we associate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/insomniac-is-an-impassioned-work-an-inspired-amalgam-of-academic-and/) [Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/joyce-carol-oates-344_academic_insomniac-is-an-impassioned-work-an-insp_301211.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/insomniacs/#itemlist", "name": "Insomniacs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Insomniacs know better than anyone how it would be to haunt a house.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Cunningham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cunningham/insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-it-would-be-to-haunt-a-house/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/michael-cunningham-1120_haunt_insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-i_1981494.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/michael-cunningham-1120_haunt_insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-i_1981494.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/michael-cunningham-1120_haunt_insomniacs-know-better-than-anyone-how-i_1981494.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Insomniacs know better than anyone how it would be to haunt a house.” — Michael Cunningham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Olivia Newton-John - Australia's gift to insomniacs. 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