Insane Quote by Leon Uris

Writers ... I think ... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.

— Nikki Giovanni

The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.

— Dmitri Shostakovich

I do think there's some aspect of being a novelist that is a little crazy making.

— Anna Quindlen

I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.

— Zadie Smith

A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.

— John le Carre

A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.

— Franz Kafka

There's a fine line between genius and insanity, as we all know.

— Mackenzie Phillips

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual.

— Anthony Burgess

“Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.”

— Nevea Lane

A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.

— Philip Roth

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

— Oscar Wilde