Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick
Matthew Quickis an American writer of adult and young-adult fiction. His debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Chris Tucker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 October 1973
CountryUnited States of America
battle world
Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.
stories normal problem
The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves.
believe sadness people
I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sadness.
trying realizing save-me
I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do. I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.
girl hurt fun
Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not because they've got a broken wing and they’re hurt and they’re an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it’s mended and you’re getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she’s sensitive and she’s smart, she’s artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you’re a better guy than this.
trying be-kind kind
I am trying to be kind instead of right.
watches pessimism defeated
You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!
desire needs action
You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
people silver ability
most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.
feel-better cosmos looks
I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.
happiness real feel-good
Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.
mother believe believe-in-you
Your mother is risking a lot, because she believes in you.
believe want happy-endings
I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.
looks faces different
She looks sad. She looks angry. She looks different from everyone else I know—she cannot put on that happy face others wear when they know they are being watched. She doesn’t put on a face for me, which makes me trust her somehow.