No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut 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.

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient

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.

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