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

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

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

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

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

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.

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death