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It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.

It’s brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.
– Nick Hornby

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  9. …she said all writers were prima donnas, drunks, social misfits, pompous, or depressed. Brilliant, maybe, but completely crazy. – Ilsa J Bick
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