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
It would be lovely to live in a culture where calmness was the aim. Matt Haig aimcalmnessculture Change image and share on social
I'm not anti-progress, obviously, but I just think progress needs to be a broader thing than just the technology we can create; it's also how we handle it and our level of awareness. Matt Haig antiawarenessbroad Change image and share on social
Neuroscience is a baby science, a mere century old, and our scientific understanding of the brain is nowhere near where we'd like it to be. We know more about the moons of Jupiter than what is inside of our skulls. Matt Haig babybraincentury 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
Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves but expanding ourselves and finding within us the tools we need to survive. Matt Haig bookconnectcord share on social
It took me at least all my 20s and some of my 30s to get the confidence to realise I could just write about what I wanted to write about without having to pass a test or look super clever. Matt Haig 20s30sclever Change image and share on social
Depression, for me, wasn't a dulling but a sharpening, an intensifying, as though I had been living my life in a shell, and now the shell wasn't there. It was total exposure. Matt Haig depressiondullexposure Change image and share on social
People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess of novel writing, it almost feels like a martial art. Matt Haig artbagginessdiscipline Change image and share on social
Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a limit to how much they can shield children from. Matt Haig childcurveexperience Change image and share on social
