Enrique Vila-Matas Quotes

I have all these friends who just love therapy, and I always say the reason that I'm absolutely not in therapy is because then I wouldn't have anything to write.

I don't know how I dealt with it. I went to a shrink.

Contrary to reports that I took the loss badly, I want to say that I went home last night and slept like a baby—every two hours I woke up and cried.

Usually, I use writing as a way to figure out things about me, and I get scared pretty easily about everything. I deal with a lot of depression, so I usually use it as way to find some relief from that.

I couldn't deal with a normal life.

Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I write really depressing stuff.

I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I'm learning how to deal with it. That's why I've chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

I try to cope with everything through humor.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress.

Who knew we had all this O.C.D. in the world? Well actually, I suppose it's pretty obvious. It explains Sudoku, doesn't it?

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

In 'Next to Normal,' I had millions of breakdowns and panic attacks, but nobody ever heard about those.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.

I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.

Sometimes when things are way too big and I can't control it, I do sort of a weird thing where I kind of check out a little bit. It's all about self-preservation for me.

I don't get ulcers. I give 'em.