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

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up

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.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.