Matt Haig Quotes

Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.

Matt Haig

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• I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • People
  • World
  • Love

• I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Bad
  • Interesting
  • Write

• Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Business

• It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

  

  Yael Stone
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Know

• When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • You
  • Interesting
  • Study

• If the spectrum linking everyday depression to Major Depression sometimes hinders understanding of it, it also offers an opportunity for empathy. Because almost everyone, at some point, experiences feelings of sadness, of hopelessness, of emptiness, not to mention lethargy and irritability.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • Opportunity
  • Understanding
  • Everyday

• What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.

  

  Laura Linney
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Choices

• So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Real
  • Interesting
  • Thought

• When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Movie
  • Interesting

• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Character
  • Friends
  • Personality

• I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'

  

  Ira Glass
  • Time
  • Interesting
  • Watch

• Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

  

  Randy Newman
  • World
  • God
  • Live

• I wish I had more confidence. I think that's probably my Achilles' heel. If I had more, I probably would have felt emboldened to make more interesting music earlier on, or really go for it in an artistic or songwriting sense.

  

  Beck
  • Music
  • Interesting
  • Wish

• Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

  

  Mae West
  • Important
  • Success
  • Personality

• I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting, because it's one of these cult foods like chili, or bouillabaisse. Various parts of the world will have a cult food that people get enormously attached to - there's tremendous traditions; there's secrecy.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • People
  • World
  • Interesting

• I've got the sort of personality that requires me to find some sort of release, and for me, it's performing.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Me
  • Personality
  • Find

• A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and I'm willing to do without until I get it.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • Want
  • Personality
  • Without

• I think there is a chance that Indian writers in America will start producing very interesting books in the years to come.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • America
  • Interesting
  • Chance

• I'd love to interview Bill Clinton. I know that might be a little boring, but he's so interesting and such an amazing guy. All he's done after his presidency... he hasn't just sat around, he's been so active in so many charitable causes.

  

  Damien Fahey
  • Love
  • Interesting
  • Know

• What makes Harlem special is that at any given time, food seekers can not only find food deeply rooted in Southern, Latin and African traditions, but also can taste the newer Senegalese, Chinese, and Italian influences as well.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • Time
  • Food
  • Chinese

• I'm always interested in projects. Whatever I do, I'm interested in the color of the material. I'm not interested in who's making it. I'm more concentrated on the work.

  

  Vicky Krieps
  • Work
  • Color

• And for you kids watching at home, remember, the less homework you do and the closer you sit to the TV, the more points you get.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Home
  • Kids
  • Remember

• Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible.

  

  Kevin Ayers
  • People
  • Girl
  • Food

• Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.

  

  Matt Haig
  • Interesting
  • Personality
  • Depression