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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.

You know, ever since man had any notion that some of his other people, his colleagues, could be different, could be strange, could be severely depressed or what we now recognize as schizophrenia, he was certain that this kind of illness had to come from evil spirits getting into the body.

Please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics.' There are people with schizophrenia.

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

I'm a schizophrenic writer.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home.

The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.

Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, 'Who do you think you are?'

I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.