Quotes by Matthew Quick

About Matthew Quick:

Matthew Quick is an American writer of young-adult fiction. His debut novel, The Silver Linings Playbook, was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Chris Tucker.
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And I still love you in my own fucked-up way. I miss you, I really do. Can we still be friends?

Matthew Quick

After I returned to New Jersey, I thought I was safe, because I did not think Kenny G could leave the bad place, which I realize is silly now - because Kenny G is extremely talented and resourceful and a powerful force to be reckoned with.

Matthew Quick

I am not weak and can control my mind really well".

Matthew Quick

Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?

Matthew Quick

You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!

Matthew Quick

...I like the way Chee kept God magical, sorta like Santa Claus when you're a kid. More priests should take this approach, because there is a frickin' reason why Santa Claus is more popular than Jesus nowadays.

Matthew Quick

Air goes in and out of my nose, throat, lungs, blood, heart brain - and so I am

Matthew Quick

I haven't taught since 2004, but I taught high school English for seven years, primarily at a place called Haddonfield Memorial, which is in a very well-to-do-community in Southern New Jersey.

Matthew Quick

The important thing for me as an artist is to keep going back to the page and doing what I do.

Matthew Quick

...Daisy doesn't even go to his funeral, Nick and Jordan part ways, and Daisy ends up sticking with racist Tom... you can tell Fitzgerald never took the time to look up at clouds during sunset, because there's no silver lining at the end of that book...

Matthew Quick

I’m a screwed-up person who no longer knows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told you in my letter.

Matthew Quick

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield

Matthew Quick

My tag line for 'Silver Linings' is this: It's about a man who thinks his life is a movie produced by God.

Matthew Quick

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes ...

Matthew Quick

I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep.

Matthew Quick

When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles and male bonding, but when the book came out, it was surprising to me that the mental health community embraced it.

Matthew Quick

The mental health conversation is very important to me. I have friends that struggle with various mental illnesses. I've struggled with depression and anxiety. I'm very interested in how we deal with that.

Matthew Quick

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.

Matthew Quick

I had thought up the title, 'The Good Luck of Right Now,' several years ago. I had no idea what it meant or what the book would be about but I thought, 'Someday I'm going to write a book with that title.'

Matthew Quick

When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or what is Harvey Weinstein going to want to buy?' Or even, 'What are filmgoers going to want.' I try to think, tell a good story. Just do what you do.

Matthew Quick

When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but everyone else will say, 'Where are you from, California?' I get England sometimes - bizarre!

Matthew Quick

Author Bio

  • NameMatthew Quick
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornOctober 23, 1973
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter