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

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get, simply to arm ourselves.

... 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

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

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

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