However, the Wikiquote page for Rita Mae Brown has this interesting tidbit: An even earlier version of the quote can be found in the Narcotics Anonymous “Basic Text,” released in November 1981 ( PDF). “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” Unfortunately, Susan didn’t remember what Jane Fulton once said. Online, sources commonly attribute the quote to Einstein in his *Letters to Solovine: 1906-1955,* although no one seems to be able to produce a page from that volume that holds the quote ( and Google books searches have also come up empty).Īn earlier version of the quote came from author Rita Mae Brown’s novel *Sudden Death,* published by Bantam in 1983. A good summary of the various places the quote has been used can be found here.įranklin and Twain are almost certainly not the sources of the quote, witty as those fellows were. I began looking into the quote to find out what Einstein actually said only to find that, in all likelihood, *he never actually said or wrote the witticism about insanity.*Īccording to Ryan Howes, writing in Psychology Today, the quote has been attributed to Einstein, Ben Franklin and Mark Twain. Fallon: "She said the patients really like working with me." (1:14)ĭawn tells Jimmy, ".
Patient Jimmy playing Frederick in the group appears to become catatonic. Robert’s private investigator boss Fred: "Bobby, don’t worry about it." (0:55)ĭawn tells another patient in the group, "There’s nothing to worry about." (0:57) Jonas Mekas, Psychoanalyst: Author of Stagefright and Vertigo"įrank tells Robert, ”You’re gonna drive me crazy.” (0:53) Robert tells Kate, "You know this is like handing a drink to an alcoholic, right?" (0:51)
Sally: "The definition of insanity is doing things the same way over and over again and expecting different results." (0:46) Robert tells Greiner, "Don’t worry about that." (0:40) Kate tells Robert, "I get kind of nervous." (0:38)īy telephone, Robert tells a potential dog food customer, ". Robert tells patient Dawn in the group, "Don’t worry about the words then." (0:37) Robert tells his actor friend Frank, "The Adrenalin’s pumping now, right?" (0:34) Robert: "I’m really nervous, but it’s a good kind of nervous. Robert tells Derek’s actress friend Kate, referring to characters, "Both have been, like, sexually abused." (0:29) until somebody decides to put me in a straight jacket and carry me out." (0:21) Sally tells Robert, "There’s so much stress." (0:16) Sally, referring to her relationship with Robert: ". you’re looking for your next fix.” (0:05) Robert tells actor Derek, "Acting has to be like an addiction. Robert, holding the muzzle of pistol to his head during an audition, recites from Hamlet: “To be or or not to be.” (0:02)
It’s about a writer who is obsessed with writing the great American novel." (0:01) Actor Robert Margolis tells the other patients in a psychiatric hospital drama therapy group, "This play I’ve written.
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