My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle..

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 ….

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and no….

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.

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

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

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie..

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone..

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.

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

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving ot….

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing..

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

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself.

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did ….

I was just sort of moving through time..

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity.

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..

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

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.

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