I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

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

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.

When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.

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