Quotes for All
Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it’s always in the form of someone homeless. “Look at that guy – he’s crazy. He looks dangerous.” Well, he’s on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home… Eric McCormack
Oh, and I certainly don’t suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I. Emilie Autumn
Please hear this: There are not ‘schizophrenics,’ there are people with schizophrenia. Elyn Saks
I am a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I have spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I could have ended up living most of my life on a back ward, but things turned out quite differently. Elyn Saks
The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare. Elyn Saks
There are not schizophrenics. There are people with schizophrenia and these people may be your spouse, they may be your child, they may be your neighbor, they may be your friend, they may be your coworker. Elyn Saks
Even with all that – excellent treatment, wonderful family and friends, supportive work environment – I did not make my illness public until relatively late in life, and that’s because the stigma against mental illness is so powerful that I didn’t feel safe with people knowing. If you hear nothing else today, please hear this: … Read more
Some call it schizophrenia, I call it a career Ellen Greene
These disorders – schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, depression, addiction – they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are. Edward Boyden
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E. L. Doctorow