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Schizophrenia Quotes

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Interview in "Writers at Work" (The Paris Review Interviews), 8th Series, 1988.

I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder.

"Darrell Hammond Performed on 'SNL' Same Week He Was Taken From NBC in Straitjacket" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 26, 2011.

Please hear this: There are not ‘schizophrenics,’ there are people with schizophrenia.

"What's It Like To Have A Psychotic Episode?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 6, 2013.

Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy.

Marshall McLuhan, W. Terrence Gordon, Elena Lamberti, Dominique Scheffel-Dunand (2011). “The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man”, p.327, University of Toronto Press

Schizophrenia is hearing voices, not doing voices.

"Stand-up Comedy and Mental Illness: A Conversation with Maria Bamford". Interview with David Haglund, www.slate.com. May 10, 2012.

Vulnerable is a catch-all word like "love" and "schizophrenia."

"Soul Speaking and Truth Telling: A Conversation with Jean Houston". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.awaken.com. August 23, 2013.