“Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.”— André Gide Related Quotes “You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.”— Truman Capote “He asked, “What makes a man a writer?” “Well,” I said, “it’s simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.”— Charles Bukowski “Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”— Neil Gaiman