While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.
Mercedes McCambridgeI find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!
Mercedes McCambridgeAlcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.
Mercedes McCambridgeLike so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug.
Mercedes McCambridge