Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of… — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
Being heartbroken is like having this really horrible freedom. You can be selfish with your thoughts, which can lead to manic creativity,… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
“I actually stopped talking. I actually listened. So I knew that I wasn't all the way manic, because when you're all the… — Terri Cheney Copy Share Image
I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of… — Patty Duke 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
The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
I haven't felt the excitement for so many years. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. When we're back-stage and the… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
In general-like not just in fiction but in life-it doesn't work out well when someone imagines someone else as a manic pixie… — John Green Copy Share Image
The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful. In some strange way, I have… — Kay Redfield Jamison 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
This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if… — Stephanie Zacharek 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
If you're in this business, like any high-stakes business, the highs and lows can make you a manic-depressive person, if you weren't… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
My sets are not peaceful. It's a beautiful catastrophe. I am running around like a headless chicken. I don't sleep because I… — Michaela Coel 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
“If some people would work on themselves more than on others They would make this world much better for life Slobodan Boban… — Slobodan Boban Manic Copy Share Image
I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not… — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“I am not manic-just happy. It has been such a long time since I was happy. Please join me on my magic… — Barbara Field Benziger Copy Share Image
If you like capitalism, you will positively love depressions, because they are one and the same, like manic-depressives and their cycles, like… — Kenny Smith 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
Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up… — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with… — Daniel Johnston 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
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 compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on the one… — Laurie Lee 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
When you're depressed, you know, it's like the world has ended. Even getting out of bed takes the most massive amount of… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
When I taught writing classes to psychiatric patients, I met people whose stories of manic highs and immobilizing lows appeared to be… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
I was joking earlier when I said that all writers are manic depressives, but it's a joke with a lot of truth… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Interesting choice," Sullivan said. He slid his gaze over to Paul, who was drumming his fingers on the table in a manic,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals… — Andy Behrman 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
