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

Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain shoots them straight into depression.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

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

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say