Stephen Fry Quotes

Maybe depression is the most reasonable response to all the crap around us. Maybe it's the happy people who need medication.

Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down. The strong are not always vigorous, the wise not always ready, the brave not always courageous, and the joyous not always happy.

Depression is internal. The upswings and downswings have pretty much nothing to do with what's going on in the external world. It's not like something sad happens to you and then you feel sad. Good things happen, but you feel sad anyway.

A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.

Why were you feeling low? Why does anyone? It creeps up on you from time to time.

When you're in a depressed state, having something really bad happen gives you kind of a life again.

If you feel depressed you shouldn't go out on the street because it will show on your face and you'll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside.

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Depression is rage spread thin.

I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason.

I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.

I get depressed when the sun is clouded over. It affects me.

There's a lot of insecure, sad people in any profession.

I get depressed when things are not right.

I can't deal with waking up and being sad.