“Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy”
“Are writers reporters, prophets, crazies, entertainers, preachers, judges, what?”
“I don't think writers need to be insane. Just crazy.”
“That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main trouble—leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around for the buildup until you could write and while you were waiting you went crazy, and while you were going crazy you drank and the more you drank the crazier you got.”
“I am a writer, I'm supposed to be intense and emotional,”
“You have to forget about what other people say, when you're supposed to die, or when you're supposed to be loving. You have to forget about all these things. You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.”