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I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it.

It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.

I came back to work when my children were two months old. At that early age, they seem to have little awareness of anybody but their Raggedy Ann dolls, so it wasn't a matter of them missing me. I was missing them.

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

Your 40s are a major trough. About the age of 50, feelings of satisfaction begin to rebound and keep rising into your 50s, 60s and 70s, with health being a major factor.

I can cook; but not well. I figure I have six years until my children discover what their friends' mothers make for dinner.