There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him. – Antonin Artaud
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. – Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, 1911
In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I dont think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school. – Gillian Anderson
