Terry Pratchett:
My wife wrote a little letter to the doctor saying, ‘You have to understand that an author in the throws of writing a book, which in Terry’s case means permanently, is in the throws of some kind of madness. They will become vague, preoccupied, they will look through you into the distance, they will forget things. That’s just normal behaviour [for a writer].’
I’m so glad it’s not just me.