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

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

I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity

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

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

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.