I worshipped my father.

My life was ripped off!

I was a very isolated teenager.

Fairness is really important to me.

I was just sort of moving through time.

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.

I'm spoiled rotten, as my children would tell you.

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity

You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.

I was a truly loving mom, but I didn't have the tools to do the job.

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother

I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

No amount of therapy will take care of a chemical imbalance of the brain.

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

All I will tell you is that I play a small role in someone's happily ever after.

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination

I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.

Due to my sometimes erratic behavior, my children tried very hard to avoid me and not do anything to set me off.

I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way.

I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned

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