I've always loved Houdini, not just because of what he did, but also because of what he stood for. He was a self-made man in a time when the idea of celebrity was still new, and he used his celebrity… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
It's no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea. — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down. — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
I've always loved Houdini, not just because of what he did, but also because of what he stood for. He was a self-made man… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
Like a lot of people, I've often wondered what else I might have been. When I was younger, but even after I was a… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
I'd fully taken the road many people start on, but most abandon: common sense had given me a miss, and I'd become an artist. — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate. — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
