Books Quote by Melodie Campbell

Manic depressive is a disease.

— Debbie Reynolds

Manic depressive people often have incredible energy and a slightly skewed, but nonetheless valid, way of looking at things.

— Kathryn Lasky

“Depression, somehow, is much more in line with society's notions of what women are all about: passive, sensitive, hopeless, helpless, stricken, dependent, confused, rather…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“manic depression is the result of the sum of repetitiveness in life and expecting a different result.”

— Pieter Swaenepoel

Manic depression is a frustratin' mess.

— Jimi Hendrix

Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal…

— Tim Sandlin

Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists,…

— Tracy Thompson

“Manic-depression is a disease that both kills and gives life. Fire, by its nature, both creates and destroys.”

— Kay Redfield Jamison

“When you manic you create, when you depressed you edit”

— Leo Kottke

Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further…

— Charley Pride

“I won't say that writing tamed the Black Beast. It soothed him, though, enough so he agreed simply to occupy a corner of my…

— Terri Cheney