I mean, for years [my father] would been doing everything imaginable ... from speed to downers to you name it. I used to call that "changing seats on the Titanic," and I used to say that I myself was not only changing seats on the Titanic but dating the crew.

I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.

Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.

I like having written better than I like having acted.

I feel so agitated all the time, like a hamster in search of a wheel.

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.