Addiction Quote by Russell Smith

I don't see my artist friends as any more neurotic or addiction-prone than the others. The roommates I have had who were into triathlons…

— Russell Smith

Yes, creative people are more prone to addiction or addictive behavior. But, equally as prone is your mailman, your mother, your brother, your friend,…

— Kristen Johnston

However, there probably is a slight connection between the high-wire, super sensitivity, open to everything and too much, and slightly fragile soul of the…

— Anne Roiphe

All artists, they say, are a little mad. This madness is, to a certain extent, a self-created myth designed to keep the generality away…

— Angela Carter

It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive,…

— Mandy Patinkin

“The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time... Creative people probably do…

— Stephen King

People expect artists to be too normal, I think. I've been around enough of them now to see that they're very extraordinary human beings…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

My characters' addictions are what makes them a bit stylized or "grotesque" - not just in appearance but through what drives them. Addiction is…

— Porochista Khakpour

Artists often have mental health issues. And their lifestyles are unstable because of all the travelling and the media commentary on their lives.

— Kate Nash

I've not met one person, even if they are not creative, who isn't dysfunctional. I guess artists are just a bit more aware of…

— Karen Elson

For me, artists are the world's pain receptors. That is why they have such a hard time living.

— France Gall

There's only one passion in most artists more violent than their desire for admiration: their fear of identifying the nature of such admiration as…

— Ayn Rand