Matt Haig Quotes
I think we get too hung up on categories. Obviously, the book market has to categorise things, and it makes it easier for a reader to go into a bookshop and choose, but as a writer, it helps to get rid of all of that and imagine you are a storyteller around a campfire.

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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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While we know gambling is part of the industry in Las Vegas, we're not going to make it all that easy for you to pick up a ticket, a gambling ticket, on your way into the arena.
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My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances around me. I was married; I lived in a suburb; I had small children.
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Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements.
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My pops passed when I was little. I didn't have a dad around to tell me certain things. I didn't have my biological mother.
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I had spent my childhood making up adventures in my head. Then I realized when I went to acting school that there were adventures written down, and you could learn lines, and you could do the adventures for real, not just in your head.
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I think we get too hung up on categories. Obviously, the book market has to categorise things, and it makes it easier for a reader to go into a bookshop and choose, but as a writer, it helps to get rid of all of that and imagine you are a storyteller around a campfire.