The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American

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

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

I was born in a blender.

My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland.

Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.

I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me.