Quotes About Coping

I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.

We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.

I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad thing doesn't hit you as hard. You can roll with the punch if you see it coming.

The healthy life is hardly one marked by an absence of crises. In fact, an individual's psychological health is distinguished by how early he or she can meet crisis.

Life is tough, and if we don't laugh, we're going to - our head will explode.

When I'm really stressed emotionally, I say to myself that there's only so much I can do to change things. Life happens on life's terms. Then, I go for a run.

Master of Life is the person who is best at keeping the brutal scars of life to a minimum!

Avoiding life, avoiding making any concrete plans for your life-that's just one way you're pretending you can keep bad things from happening to you again.

Things happen in life and you can't control them. It sucks and you have to move on.

Learn how to smile in the cannibal pot and life will be so much easier.

I can't imagine trying to be in recovery. I mean it would be hard enough with just life going along in a nice way, but then when awful stuff happens, how you maintain the strength to get through it?

The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.

I definitely can relate to being down and closed-off at certain times in my life.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.

Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.

In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to accept their fate and their sickness. It's about accepting the way your life is.

I'm just trying to get back to normal life.

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

Laughter is the stubborn reward of grim times.

All have problems. But those who rely on God breathe easier. How? They don't allow mistakes in the world to define who they are. Instead, they lean on 'what' they are and the worries of the world bounce off them.

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.