I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get, simply to arm ourselves.