(en) « The habit of excessive writing, of explaining, amplifying, and reiterating, of letter making and pamphleteering, forms a morbid symptom of known as "graphomania". Some men may overload their natural tendency to write, but a certain class of lunatics use nearly all their mental activities in this occupation, to the endless annoyance of their friends, relatives and physicians. »« Bryan's Mental Condition. One Psychiatrist’s View », dans The New York Times, 27 septembre 1896.