I want a world without war a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

Religion is induced insanity.

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.

Well love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself you have no power over yourself you can't even think straight.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do but I'm learning.