Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.
Live by yourself and you bound to talk yourself and when ye commence that folks start it up that you're light in the head. But I reckon it's all right to talk to a dog since most folks do even if a do...
A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.
Writing is like talking to yourself, just in a way that makes it look like you're not crazy!