Pamela Stephenson Quotes
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Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
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After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
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The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.
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I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
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I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.
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So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.
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It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.
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There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.
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There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.
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Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography.
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The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience.