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 others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.

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.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

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

Bipolar indicates that you're not - you don't just experience depression, but the mood swing goes up, and it can go very up.

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 others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.