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Alice W. Flaherty, The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain Quotes: What other than mental illness spurs normal people to write prolifically? The chief cause is not quite illness, but nearly: love, especially unhappy love.
         

What other than mental illness spurs normal people to write prolifically? The chief cause is not quite illness, but nearly: love, especially unhappy love.


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This page presents the quote "What other than mental illness spurs normal people to write prolifically? The chief cause is not quite illness, but nearly: love, especially unhappy love.". Author of this quote is Alice W. Flaherty, The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain. This quote is about love, mental-illness, affection, writing,.