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How much can you say about a writer's sanity from their book? I would nominate Ayn Rand and V.C. Andrews as the craziest writers I have ever read... I thought that Andrews badly needed a therapist for childhood trauma and that Ayn Rand was feverishly mad.(imho, only).

― aurora, Monday, 24 May 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Sweet Virginia? Really? You would have thought there was some incest in her family history, although what I've seen written about her denies this. Don't forget, over half her books were not written by her, but 'in the style' of her writing. Perhaps that's why the incest / childhood trauma theme is ubiquitous?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 24 May 2004 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I have to admit that DBC Pierre's writing makes him seem like a bit of a mentalist. I keep expecting to meet him in a ditch in Leitrim after he's been beaten up by gangsters and tossed out of a car or something.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Monday, 24 May 2004 10:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Sartre comes to mind but then he was fabulous.

― Fred (Fred), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew a guy who wrote a new chapter to the bible in binary.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 24 May 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think you can tell much, if anything. Insanity can be rather subjective.... The voice may be the belief of the author...or something radically different. Like a sheep living in someone? nutso.

bye

― PeanutDuck (PeanutDuck), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The guy who wrote the binary bible chapter was mad without question. He broke into a hospital ward, dressed in a leotard claiming to be Jesus Christ. He also broke his way into Buckingham Palace.

Madness may be subjective, but I've visited him in sanitoriams.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Is he the one who joined the queen for breakfast in her bedroom?

― aimurchie, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:09 (twenty-one years ago)

When I first read "The Horla" I thought to myself Maupassant should be
really mad to write this, then I found out that he was really mad. It
was a good story though. But to think, every good writer must have some madness in him in order to be creative I guess ..

― yesim (yesim), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"Is he the one who joined the queen for breakfast in her bedroom?"

No, he's a Jonnie Come Lately when it comes to royal break-ins. That guy was Michael Fagin? Something like that.

I shouldn't really have told anyone about this, it's not really fair. Well, too late.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

poets to thread!!!!

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Madness may be subjective, but I've visited him in sanitoriams.
LOL

― Fred (Fred), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Mort Drucker

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

New Bible chapter in binary.

That. is. funny.

― clellie, Friday, 28 May 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Frederick Exley
P.K. Dick

is Philip Roth sane?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

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