Love this post. Having experienced my own self-destructive trips down a road on a crash course, I can relate. I’m not quite sure of what the connection is between artists and an intense need for stimulation / something more, but something’s certainly there.
“Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman’s name out of a satire, then wrote a piece so that she could still be recognized, anyhow. Chatterton killed himself. Byron was accused of incest. Do you still want to be a writer -and if so, why?” -Bennett Cerf
Some of the world’s most famous writers have been addicts, abusing almost anything, from coffee and alcohol to sex and drugs. They often wrote about their addictions, about the way the human conditions is degraded by them.
Here’s a short list of famous writers and their vices:
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Quite an interesting topic🤓
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Hey, I thought so too! 👍🙂
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What an interesting topic! I do enjoy drinking and often think I should slow down a little, but I cannot drink when I write. I’m not sure how anyone can! 😛
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Haha—years of practice I imagine. You should really try next time. See what comes out… Don’t post it though! Lol
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that could be a huge help or hurt to me – one never knows!
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