"Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative people prone to madness? They have more than average amounts of energies and abilities to see things in a fresh and original wayâ€”then because they also have depression, I think theyâ€™re more in touch with human suffering."

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Source : Nick Flynn (2016). “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, p.140, Faber & Faber

Nick Flynn

#Creativity Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Average Quotes

“In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.”
“I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding through psychology and intellect in modern civilization.”

Source : "Serj Tankian: Alternative Rock’s Political Poet". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. November 9, 2007.
“Yeah, I think that a play is a huge commitment, and I think that what it requires of you is a lot, so it really makes you dig in and find things, and it just makes you sharp, 'cause it's live. Really, to me, it separates the men from the boys. I always say it's like the frontlines of acting, when you're on stage.”
“I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.”
“Impulses are hard to come by these days.”
“A fast word about oral contraception. I was involved in an extremely good example of oral contraception two weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'.”
“I don't look like most women in the industry.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Men should never give up. I never do. I would hate to lose.”

Source : "Words to Live by: Hiroo Onoda". Interview with Judit Kawaguchi, www.japantimes.co.jp. January 16, 2007.

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