I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity?

Quote by William Saroyan

Topics: Madness Quotes

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you...

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place...

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place...

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the...

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the...

When mans no more than an animal, hes worse than a beast.

When mans no more than an animal, hes worse than a beast.

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a...

No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how...

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how...

If I condemn mankind too much it is because I know myself too well.

If I condemn mankind too much it is because I know myself too well.

I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain...

I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain...

Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human...

Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human...

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they...

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining...

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth