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

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.

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

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

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future

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

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.