Quotes About Madness

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely. I knew that I wasn't entirely sane. I still knew, as I had as a child, that there was something strange about myself. I felt as if I were destined to be a murderer, a bank robber, a saint, a rapist, a monk, a hermit.

She's mad but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead

Most of the world was mad. And the part that wasn't mad was angry. And the part that wasn't mad or angry was just stupid.

La inmensa mayoría de la gente estaba loca. Y los que no estaban locos estaban furiosos. Y los que no estaban locos ni furiosos eran idiotas. No tenía escapatoria.

Algunas personas nunca enloquecen. Tendrán unas vidas realmente horribles.

Oftentimes in those roominghouses and cheap apartments there was nothing to do when you were broke and starving and down to the last bottle. There was nothing to do but listen to those wild arguments. It made you realize that you weren't the only one who was more than discouraged with the world, you weren't the only one moving toward madness.

I have consumed more drink than the first one hundred men you will pass on the street or meet in the madhouse. I scratch my belly and dream of the albatross. I have joined the great drunks of the centuries: Li Po, Toulouse-Lautrec, Crane, Faulkner. I have been selected but by whom?

So there I was: neither an intellectual, an artist; nor did I have the saving roots of the common man. I hung like something labeled in between, and I guess, yes, that is the beginning of insanity.

The poem has some value, believe me. It keeps you from going totally mad.

Estoy muy tranquilo y escucho, pero por debajo hay un hervor inmenso de locura que hay que cuidar en último término o acabaré pegándome un tiro, algún día.

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. My ambition is handicapped by laziness.

some people never go crazy. what truly horrible lives they must live.

Bir suru farkli yolu vardi delirmenin.

Gercegin gercek olabilmesi icin en az iki oy gerekiyordu.Yasadiklari zamanin ilerisinde olan insanlar bunu bilirler,deliler ve sanri gorenler de . Bir hayali yalniz sen goruyorsan ya aziz derler adama ya da deli.

No estoy loco, pero tampoco estoy cuerdo.

Understand me. I'm not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

olen aina sanonut: jos haluat selvittää ketkä ovat ystäviäsi niin mene hullujenhuoneelle tai vankilaan ja jos haluat tietää millaista on elää ilman rakkautta niin ole ikuinen häviäjä

You say you often feel this madness. what do you do when it comes upon you? I write poetry. is poetry madness? non- poetry is madness. what is madness? madness is ugliness. what is ugly? to each man, something different

lei ti sorride. un sorriso che dice: so che sei pazzo ma per me va bene lo stesso.

as I continue to consume - while the madhouses, skidrows and graveyards are filled with the likes of me

I listened and listened and listened, thinking what will I do now? How will I get this poor mad bastard to shut up? I went home each night dizzy and sick. He was murdering me with the sound of his voice.

These words I write keep me from total madness.