“Unlike a book or a film depression doesn’t have to be about something.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Every book written is the product of a human mind in a particular state.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
There aren't any fences to the imagination, and so there shouldn't be any for books. — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilisation has become a little… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Teenagers are in some ways the best readers because their imaginations haven't been narrowed down by boring things like jobs and the… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
If you sell the film rights to your book, it doesn't mean there will be a film. I have sold the rights… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“A paradox: The things you don’t need to live—books, art, cinema, wine, and so on—are the things you need to live.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
When I was young, there was no such thing as YA. You simply went from reading children's novels to reading adult novels.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Willie Nelson once said that sometimes, you have to either write a song or you kick your foot through a window. The… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Words are the essence of culture. Books are pure essence. They are not for women or for men, but for all of… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
A book is a map. There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“I read and read and read with an intensity I’d never really known before. I mean, I’d always considered myself to be… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I suppose the book I really remember loving as a child was one called 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton, about a gang… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
If we ever head down the American path of banning certain books or turning the editorial process into one of censorship, we… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“The greatest stories appeal to our deepest selves, the parts of us snobbery can’t reach, the parts that connect the child to… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
In an age of never-ending health fads, it's comforting to learn that one of the healthiest activities you can do has existed… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“A book is a map … There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
And most of all, books. They were, in and of themselves, reasons to stay alive. Every book written is the product of… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Writing can be fun. I think the challenge is to convey interesting things in accessible ways, and that's what I aim to… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“there has never been such a plethora of advice on looking good. We are constantly bombarded with diet books,.. and there are… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“He just wanted to live inside a moment of that life with her forever, to pluck it like a flower and press… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
My early novels were written in quite a dark place. I stand by them, but I would never write them again. I… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I think we get too hung up on categories. Obviously, the book market has to categorise things, and it makes it easier… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Maybe that is what growing up was all about. It was about changing your mind. Opening it right up. Admitting to yourself that you… — Matt Haig Copy Share
“It felt civilised and modern. It felt refined and tantalising, all at once, like a polite collective pre-orgasm.” — Matt Haig Copy Share
“He just wanted to live inside a moment of that life with her forever, to pluck it like a flower and press it in… — Matt Haig Copy Share
British culture is very cynical sometimes of overt displays of sentimentality, and I think that becomes almost a suspicion of emotion, or a suspicion… — Matt Haig Copy Share
“That is one of the patterns: when nothing is happening, nothing continues to happen, but after a while the lull becomes too much and… — Matt Haig Copy Share
The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change. — Matt Haig Copy Share
For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write… — Matt Haig Copy Share
“We are all so weird that, really, none of us are. There are seven billion versions of strange on this freak wonder of a… — Matt Haig Copy Share
“Sa asculti muzica, mi-am dat eu seama, nu era altceva decat placerea de a numara fara sa iti dai seama ca numeri.” — Matt Haig Copy Share
“Beauty--be not caused," said Emily Dickinson. "It is." In one way she was wrong. The scattering of light over a long distance creates a… — Matt Haig Copy Share
I'm a firm believer in the connection between the body and the mind: feed one, feed both. I like to run, but only short… — Matt Haig Copy Share
Look at the sky; remind yourself of the cosmos. Seek vastness at every opportunity in order to see the smallness of yourself. — Matt Haig Copy Share
A book is a map. There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself… — Matt Haig Copy Share
