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The issue of writing permeates the work of Lacan like a red thread that zigzags. His psychiatric works of the 1930s tackle the “inspired” texts of mad women. In the 1970s, the ecstatic relation to God described by mystic authors becomes his reference for the analysis of feminine jouissance, which Aristotle called as “not whole” and is situated on the verge of the Freudian unconscious. The art of Joyce overthrows his theory of the symptom and gives rise to the paradigm of the “sinthome,” another modality of jouissance for both sexes that is “not whole.” Lingering on the key moments of this journey, I explore this passion for writing that unfolds between women, madness, and language.