There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.

Ingrid Bengis
Ingrid Bengis (1944-2017) American writer, business person
“Monroe According to Mailer: One Legend Feeds on Another,” Ms. (1973-10)
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Reprinted in Michael Lennon, ed., Critical Essays on Norman Mailer (1986).