Carmen Cusack Quotes

Whenever dark things happen in my life, there is always some dark humour.

A lot of time, people enter the most depressing situations, and they are the funniest people on Earth, because they have to be. It's a coping mechanism.

In our most desperate times, people going through true hardships use humor to cope.

Everybody has adversity in their lives and we all have to find ways of overcoming them. You've got to soldier on, make the best of it, look for the positive in everything.

We can take suffering to be an opportunity to learn and to grow. But if we are honest, we should remember that this is making the best of a bad job, and that minimising suffering takes priority over optimising its outcome.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are more grueling than mine.

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.

When you have a tough childhood, you either cry or make a joke.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.

I try to cope with everything through humor.

I used to take someone with me for the chemotherapy so I could do jokes. You always try and find something absurd.

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that.

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

When one is having good fortune, one's mind tends to be clear. When one is struck by a disaster, one's mind tends to be muddled.

I couldn't have made it without knowing how to use laughter to get from one day to the next.

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

If you're out there and things are going badly, are you going to cry or break down?

I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there.

Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.