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
christmas miracle knows
Miracles happen on Christmas, Pat. Everybody knows that.
life-is-like life-is series
Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?
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.
teaching thinking think-for-yourself
That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right for you, but let others do the same.
battle world
Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.
helping beloved abandoned
When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.
hate cliffs happy-endings
Do you like foreign films?” “With subtitles?” “Yes.” “I hate those types of films.” “Me too,” Cliff says. “Mostly because - “ “No happy endings.
soccer lying clouds
In my arms is a woman who has given me a Skywatcher's Cloud Chart, a woman who knows all my secrets, a woman who knows just how messed up my mind is, how many pills I'm on, and yet she allows me to hold her anyway. There's something honest about all this, and I cannot imagine any other woman lying in the middle of a frozen soccer field with me - in the middle of a snowstorm even - impossibly hoping to see a single cloud break free of a nimbostratus.
father thinking house
I think it's strange to live in a house with someone you cannot talk to-especially when that someone is your father-and the thought makes me a little sad.
desire drs needs
You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do. 'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
enemy want valuable
I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.
pounds appearance overweight
Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight...
dirty silver playbooks
There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other parts of myself.
helping abandoned needed-help
When she needed help most, she was abandoned.