Exercise is an incredible key to feeling well.

I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me.

For people with mental illness, taking care of the body is not an automatic thing. The mind is in such chaos it's hard to come up with a plan. So to people like us, it's more important than ever to follow a regimen.

I'd go somewhere where no one spoke. I would take a stack of books up to my hips, and I'd read nonstop. And I'd be reading naked.

It's the age of information and we need to just get as informed as we can about what other things might help us live healthy lives.

There is a definite correlation between the mind and the body.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.