Keep reiterating, again and again, that depression is not something you 'admit to.' It is not something you have to blush about; it is a human experience. It is not you. It is simply something that happens to you. Matt Haig admitblushdepression share on social
Depression is a horrible, potentially life-threatening illness - but the lives it threatens are almost always those of the people who suffer from it. Matt Haig depressionhorribleillness Change image and share on social
I'd love for mental illness to be seen in the way that other horrible illnesses are. When people get cancer, very few parents will say, 'Oh I feel so bad for giving you so much unhealthy food over the years.' Matt Haig badcancerfeel share on social
You have to be good. And keep getting better. For every writer taken on, another is dropped. A paradox: you have to rise to stay level. Matt Haig dropgoodlevel Change image and share on social
I want life. I want to feel it and live it. I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt. Matt Haig blinkexistenceeye Change image and share on social
Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell us we are not alone and fix the pieces of us that can be shattered by reality. They are teachers, and they are friends, and we should never contemplate a world - or a life - without them. Matt Haig bookcontemplatediet share on social
I think Father Christmas is real because the belief is real. The belief becomes the reality. Matt Haig beliefchristmasfather Change image and share on social
The aim of any writer, even a fantasy writer, is the pursuit of truth. Matt Haig aimfantasypursuit Change image and share on social
You don't have to be a creative maverick to have a troubled mind. You just have to be human. There is no 'us' and 'them.' No one is one hundred per cent healthy, physically or mentally. Matt Haig centcreativehealthy Change image and share on social
There are two types of friends: actual friends, and the other kind. Matt Haig actualfriendkind Change image and share on social