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

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

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

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

... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker