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title: "4 Write Mad Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/did-i-write-it-so-as-not-to-go-mad-or-on-the-contrary-to-go-mad-in/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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> [ I am not here \[in the sanitarium\] to write, but to be mad. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/i-am-not-here-in-the-sanitarium-to-write-but-to-be-mad/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

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> [Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/gather-knowledge-about-the-craft-of-writing-immerse-yourself-in-the/)

[Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/)

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> [In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/in-my-lifetime-i-was-to-write-only-one-book-this-would-be-the-one/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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