Family Quote by John R. Talbott

Since my mother is the type that's called schizophrenogenic in the literature-she's the one who makes crazy people, crazy children-I was awfully curious to…

— Abraham Maslow

Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.

— Stephen King

“You know, schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are…

— Stephen King

There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in…

— Zoë Heller

Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child.

— Robert R. McCammon

“He never reveals anything personal about himself, and he becomes enraged if I try to steer the conversation in that direction. So I don't.…

— Andrea Kane

My wife and I have a schizophrenic son. We didn't want to accept this for 30 years, so we put him under great pressure…

— James D. Watson

... he preferred his own madness, to the regular sanity. He rejoiced in his own madness, he was free. He did not want that…

— D. H. Lawrence

“Occasionally, family members may reach a point in which they cannot tolerate the odd behavior of the schizophrenic any longer. Often, this leads them…

— Holly Schindler

The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.

— R. D. Laing