I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination

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

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.

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

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.

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

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.