Andrew O'Hagan Quotes

I've never told anyone this before, but I'm an obsessive-compulsive. I go back to my hotel room every evening and put the coat hangers back in order and open my bag and rearrange it. It takes a lot of my time, but if I don't do it I can't sleep.

I'm compulsive.

I think I have minor obsessive compulsive disorder. Everything has to be tidy and just right.

I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.

I'm OCD beyond comparison.

I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side.

I do have a touch of OCD, and I used to obsess about research. But I'm better than I was. Gone are the days when I would drive to a set of traffic lights to find out if you could turn left. I finally realised it didn't matter. A book will not stand or fall on whether or not there's a branch of Starbucks in Brixton.

I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.

I have very, very strong obsessive-compulsive issues. I'm very particular.

I'm super OCD, so everything is clean.

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

Everything has got a place in my house. If something is moved I get a panic attack.

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.

The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors.

I obsess too much.

I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.

I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.

As an OCD guy, I find change difficult.

I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!

I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.

I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet.

I am a bit obsessive about tidiness. I need to make my bed in the morning and leave it perfectly made up.

I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.

I don't relax. I can't take vacations. I'm obsessive-compulsive, and I worry with every project that I'm going to fail. When it starts to go well, and I sense that something beautiful and important and meaningful is being created, it's a fantastic feeling, and I find it very hard to stop.