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

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks

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

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity

I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

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