A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.
Source: Pioneers & Caretakers: A Study of 9 American Women Novelists, University of Minnesota, 1965.
-- Louis Auchincloss, (Sep 27 1917-2010), US novelist; He wrote over 30 books including The Indifferent Children, 1947.