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

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity