Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.

My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences

My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.

My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.