Anthony Storr

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

Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative. ”

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms. ”

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. ”

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them. ”

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you. ”

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy. ”