It may be that the mad can paint great paintings, write great music or perhaps even write great poetry — it may be — but to write great novels it is necessary, at least at the time of writing, to be uncommonly sane. You need to see clearly, to see through, to perceive relations, to make them clear to others and to see with the eyes of others… Great writers may go mad but great literature is written sanely.
Ford Madox Ford (1990)
Use the link below to read a November 2020 interview with British journalist, novelist and biographer ALAN JUDD:
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