Patty Duke Quotes - Page 2

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

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker

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

I was just sort of moving through time.

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 think I was?

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

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

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

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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

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