Addiction Quote by Stephen King

“Hemingway and Fitzgerald didn’t drink because they were creative, alienated, or morally weak. They drank because it’s what alkies are wired up to do.…

— Stephen King

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

In my experience, I have found that creativity demands a vigilant mind, which is weakened by the influence of drugs.

— Ernst Junger

The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ... Substance abusing…

— Stephen King

I worry that drugs have forced us to be more creative than we really are.

— Jane Wagner

The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time.

— Stephen King

The creative habit is like a drug.

— Henry Moore

I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they…

— Hal Elrod

Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature.

— Russell Smith

Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.

— Cecil B. DeMille

“Compulsive substance addiction can have disastrous effects because it blocks off the path to genuine emotions and feelings. The drug can supply feelings of…

— Alice Miller

I don't mean that creative people are somehow finer, or more sensitive, and thus have finer, more sensitive nervous breakdowns - you can save…

— Stephen King