Patty Duke Quotes

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 Kind Of Like The Position Of Being The Fair-haired Savior Of My Mother

For The First Time, I Lived Alone... In A Luxury Apartment On Sunset Strip. For A Few Days I Loved The Idea, But I Got Lonely And Restless.

Women Who Put On A Few Pounds After Starting Lithium Sometimes Say The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease. The Weight Gain Shoots Them Straight Into Depression.

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 Not Get Up Again Until 6:30 Monday Morning

I Have Been Afraid All My Life That I Am Going To Die. All My Life It Has Been Stuffed In My Imagination

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.

When I Don't Know What The Music Is Going To Be For A Scene, I Imagine Some Sort Of Orchestration Going On And Damned If They Don't Usually Come Up With A Similar Kind Of Thing.

You Can Have Manic Depression Without Having An Ounce Of Creativity

I Can't Even Remember How Many Times I Tried To Kill Myself

I Was Just Sort Of Moving Through Time.

I Have A Picture Of Myself In My Mind As I Walk Around Every Day, Until I Look In The Mirror-and Then I'm Stunned