“You spend all your life writing novels and hoping they’re going to be your breakthrough book, and when you have your biggest book, and it’s the book about the worst experience of your life, it is slightly a double-edged sword.”— Matt Haig, theguardian.comTagged: Writing, Novels, double-edged sword
“I think we’ll truly be there with mental health when we just see it exactly the same as physical health … But I think the first step has to be the conversation, and the conversation is happening so that’s good.”— Matt Haig, theguardian.comTagged: Mental Health, physical health
“I think Twitter is the exact opposite of a book. A book is such a considered thing, such a safe space of the mind where you just go to and it’s not immediately interactive and it has different eyes on it. Twitter, for me … is just an impulsive rash response.”— Matt Haig, theguardian.comTagged: Twitter, Books, Impulsive
“It’s sometimes nice just to test things and talk to readers and hear back, and it makes you feel real, like you’ve got a real job with real people and you’re not in your little ivory tower … But when people get piled on, there’s nothing worse for your mental health.”— Matt Haig, theguardian.comTagged: Mental Health, physical health, Readers, Fans, Feedback