Tad Williams Quotes

It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.

There's a scene in 'Medium Cool' in which a young man walks by with a sign that says, 'Sanity, please.' If anything summarizes what I was feeling at that time, it is that sign.

Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.

That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman.

I have a plan-to go mad.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We all go a little mad sometimes.

The United States is a madhouse.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I look in the mirror every morning, okay. What is going on here? You know, I just say, 'Look, it's sheer insanity.'

The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

America is a lunatic asylum.

The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.

Most of the world was mad. And the part that wasn't mad was angry. And the part that wasn't mad or angry was just stupid. I had no chance. I had no choice. Just hang on and wait for the end. It was hard work. It was the hardest work imaginable.

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

I've been outta my mind a long time.

We swung between madness and suicide ... it was beautiful!

There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.

...My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was. I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you?

As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases.

Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness

There is no difference between acute schizophrenia and a world at war.

Awareness of insanity does not make one any less insane. Awareness of drowning does not make one any less of a drowning person--it only adds the burden of panic

This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.

But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.” “Already crazy about you, Sage.