It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch. Matt Haig anxietycontinuousdepression Change image and share on social
If you sell the film rights to your book, it doesn't mean there will be a film. I have sold the rights to five books and had zero films made. Take the money and be thankful. Matt Haig bookfilmmake Change image and share on social
Maybe love is just about finding the person you can be your weird self with. Matt Haig findloveperson Change image and share on social
To say that creative writing courses are all useless is almost as silly as saying all editors are useless. Writers of all levels can benefit from other instructive voices. Matt Haig benefitcoursecreative Change image and share on social
I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other option. You don't want that pessimism, because it is crushing you and keeping you down at the bottom of the well. Matt Haig bottomcrushdepression share on social
The weirdest thing about a mind is that you can have the most intense things going on in there, but no one else can see them. Matt Haig intensemindthing Change image and share on social
At school, I wasn't as interested in mathematics. I did OK, but at the earliest point I could stop doing math, I stopped. Matt Haig earlyinterestmath Change image and share on social
Being a depressive should not imply danger any more than being a man or even a human should. Mental illness isn't a them/us issue; we are all on the scale somewhere. So we must be very careful to resist ignorance and combat the stigma that leads to dangerous silence. Matt Haig carefulcombatdanger share on social
Teenagers watch and listen to all kinds of things. It is the nature of being a teenager to seek out intense stuff. Stuff about death and sex and love and fear. Teenagers are the bravest, most curious, most philosophical, most open-minded readers there are, which is why so many less-than-young adults like writing for them. Matt Haig adultbravecurious share on social
Beware of the gap: the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Simply thinking of the gap widens it, and you end up falling through. Matt Haig bewareendfall Change image and share on social