Excited Quote by Aldous Huxley

If you have to read to cheer yourself up, read biographies of writers who went insane.

— Colm Toibin

I'm not afraid to write about madness. I always figure that whatever most embarrasses you is something that everyone can relate to, really...because we're…

— David Sedaris

“Some writers, no matter how good they are, can't speak to us. Something about the way they see the world, I think, string sentences…

— David Bowker

“In less than an hour I have to hold class for a group of idiot freshmen. And, on a desk in the living room,…

— Richard Matheson

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

— Paul Theroux

In this century the writer has carried on a conversation with madness. We might almost say of the twentieth-century writer that he aspires to…

— Don DeLillo

“The necessity of saying something, the perplexity of having nothing to say, and a desire of being witty, are three circumstances which alone are…

— Voltaire

You can't be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?

— Kate Winslet

The writing of words can lead to all sorts of absurdities.

— Sherwood Anderson

“In the brain of a madman only the fuming present exists, with its endless shouting urges, paranoid speculations, and grandiose assumptions.”

— Stephen King

Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness.

— Nick Flynn

“Madness is the inability to communicate your ideas. It’s as if you were in foreign country, able to see and understand everything that's going…

— Paulo Coelho