I ask myself: would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm, and instead of shock treatments received rest and quiet and the good medication?

Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

In later years, during what might be called my gray-outs — when I was conscious but not myself — I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.