When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go out and have freedom. Having experienced it, it's almost inexplicably awful.

Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.

Creative people are more prone to depression.

I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.

I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.

An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.

The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

Because she was so beautiful the huntsman took pity on her, and he said, "Run away, you poor child.

IT's not death. It's eternal life. And you get't'be yourself. Compared to that, this world isn't but a momentary fantasy. Please don't forget that.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

I'm me, I live from film to mouth.

I've had my say out, and I shall be the' easier for't all my life. There's no pleasure i' living, if you're to be corked up forever, and only dribble your mind out by the sly, like a leaky barrel.

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

There's a lot of good things about England, but I don't want to tell you too many of them.

At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.

Friends give us the change to lift the blinds on our hearts to open up and show what we generally keep hidden from the rest of world.