The world is, for the most ...

The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity.
 John Astin

Quotes from the same author

There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.
 John Astin
The world is a collective madhouse, its inhabitants are merely faking sanity. It is critical to becoming aware of these aberrations, for pretensions can be the enemy of love.
 John Astin
The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he did. It will not age! It will not become dated!
 John Astin
One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.
 John Astin
I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.
 John Astin