Cory Doctorow Quotes

Nothing sounds as crazy as telling people you're not crazy.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore and Kitty Dukakis. Each made a tremendous difference by doing so.

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'

There are people with much bigger profiles than mine who are talking about mental illness. I am going to try to use whatever platform I have, whatever voice I have to help eliminate the stigma.

It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health.

You don't have to be a creative maverick to have a troubled mind. You just have to be human. There is no 'us' and 'them.' No one is one hundred per cent healthy, physically or mentally.

Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.

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.

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

It's okay to talk about mental health issues. It's okay to admit that you have anxiety. It doesn't take away from your power. It's totally normal.

Together with open conversations and greater understanding, we can ensure that attitudes for mental health change and children receive the support they deserve.

Mental health is an issue ailing everyone - it is so omnipresent in society, we must work towards making it better.

There's such a stigma around mental illness, and this idea that you're going to come off as disturbed or weak somehow by being open about these things. I've never felt embarrassed or shy talking about it; it's such an integral part of my life.

We need to be open about mental illness, and demand the mental health services we need.

I will alway support anybody being vocal about their mental illness, how they're dealing with it, and how it affects them. And I'll always support people waking up and paying attention to that.

It's so important that we all speak up on mental health.

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

My mom Neerja and I started this movement called Mpower. The whole idea is to break the stigma attached to mental illnesses.

Despite being commonplace, too many people with mental health problems still face stigma, prejudice and discrimination.