Alive Quote by Jørgen Leth

Every few years when it's been another five years that have passed and I haven't made a film and the depression starts taking over…

— Terry Gilliam

I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I just always…

— Harmony Korine

I'm so involved in melancholy.

— Isaac Mizrahi

I suffer depression only in the sense that I am a writer. We don't have proper jobs to go to. We are on our…

— Mark Haddon

I am a melancholy type of person.

— Alexander McQueen

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

— Sebastian Faulks

When I'm not working on something, I seem to go through periods of depression. It helps to keep busy.

— Gene Wilder

I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.

— Sam Smith

Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. I like to think there's a capacity for joy as well.

— Stephen Dillane

My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films.

— Woody Allen

For me work is an absolute necessity, indeed I can't really drag it out, I take no more pleasure in anything than in work,…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I know some people are like "I'm depressed and I'm a struggling artist" and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work…

— Charli XCX