Patty Duke Quotes
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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.
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I worshipped my father.
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You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.
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If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.
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When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'
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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.
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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If stars behave in an erratic fashion, it's called 'colorful,' as opposed to, 'Well, maybe there's a problem there.'
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My life was ripped off!
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I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.
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Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
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I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.
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I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.
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I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother.
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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.
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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.
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When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.
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We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.
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I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.
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As much as I loathe this aging thing, I'm beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That's been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.
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I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.
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I was a very isolated teenager.
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I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!
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One of the reasons I survived as well as I did was my genetics. My mother and father both had very tough lives, and boy, were they survivors.