I've never been a depressive, but I felt quite close to the edge at times. But you never know what's around the… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
“I don't think I was very happy, and the problem with being a thirteen-year-old depressive is that when the rest of life… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Being a mathematician is a bit like being a manic depressive: you spend your life alternating between giddy elation and black despair. — Steven G. Krantz Copy Share Image
Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Alcohol had a lot to do with it, too, and mental instability. All writers are narcissistic, manic-depressive drug addicts and alcoholics, and… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
My dad has some depressive issues, and he's really tough on himself. So sometimes he can say things that are not super… — Maria Bamford Copy Share Image
I spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
I think that for thousands of years people have made the observation that there are certain kinds of extreme depressive states that… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Getting my father to throw anything away was pretty difficult. He was not trying to hide who he was, and he said,… — Maya Forbes Copy Share Image
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
I don't know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
“Sometimes," says a fellow depressive, "I wish I was in a full body cast, with every bone in my body broken. That's… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
What I think of sometimes, as I read the new books - do kids really need to see such a seamy side… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
I always thought I was depressive, and I only recently realized that I have more of an anxiety disorder than chronic depression. — Autre Ne Veut Copy Share Image
Selling your apartment in New York is like dating a manic-depressive.. you get used to cycles of elation and despondency. Every time… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
One of the most common outcomes of a depressive illness is a mistreated body. Now is the time to treat your body… — Harold H. Bloomfield Copy Share Image
I was in danger of having my children taken away from me when I needed five weeks in psychiatric care ... There… — Trisha Goddard Copy Share Image
Being a depressive should not imply danger any more than being a man or even a human should. Mental illness isn't a… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Manic depressive people often have incredible energy and a slightly skewed, but nonetheless valid, way of looking at things. — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I'd definitely say I'm a depressive, someone who suffers from depression. — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
It’s amazing how much you’re missing in a depressive state until you start to come out on the other side. It’s like… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I have no problem with people feeling a bit down - crikey, you only have to walk down the road to find… — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
Writing 'The Noonday Demon' turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I'm not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It's an occupational hazard, I would say, and I'm glad I'm in… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,'… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
On the whole, my dad was a hero, its just that it got really difficult in his depressive phases, very introspective. And… — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
I am a rapid-cycling manic-depressive, bi-polar one disorder, which means I can have thirty or forty episodes a year, and I used… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
