My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior.

Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting.

When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody.

I did my first Broadway show when I was nineteen years old - and to be able to say that I am still working with the incredible talents of all of the creative teams that I have been able to work with - that's so special to me.

In June 1968, five days before my mother's forty -sixth birthday, the world fell apart again. Sirhan Sirhan shot Bobby Kennedy, who died the next day. Why were people shooting all the Kennedys? Had the country gone mad?

To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits.

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.