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.
Quotes to Explore
-
I converse with my dog through ESP.
-
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.
-
There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
-
Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
-
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.
-
Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
-
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
-
It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
-
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.'
-
Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
-
I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
-
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.
-
I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
-
I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
-
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.
-
My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
-
I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
-
A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
-
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
-
One of my favorite things to do is formulate powers for a character, then come up with their corresponding weaknesses and liabilities. And I delight in world-building: melding the supernatural with the natural, then tweaking and polishing until it feels organic.
-
The knowledge we have of communication among cells does not permit my giving you a sophisticated understanding.
-
I'm getting better and better each year that I'm playing golf on the world stage, and finishing runner-up only teaches you how to continue being patient - something that is key to our game.
-
Call it a hunch, but I sense that many of us are not entirely comfortable with a world in which every single thing we buy creates a cloud of data. I'd like to have an option to not have a record of how much I tipped, or what I bought at 1:08 A.M. at a corner market in New York City.
-
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.
