Robert Munsch

I knew that Robert Munsch was manic-depressive, I heard him speak during a CBC program.  He explained that he grew up learning not to trust his feelings, because they led him astray:  one moment he was elated, a few hours later he was totally depressed.

Now he publicly mentioned that he had addiction problems as well.

Creative people often don't fall inside the norm, they can't be considered "average".

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/05/17/munsch-addiction.html