Top 57 Quotes by Patty Duke

It's not a giant thrill to hear someone give you the label 'manic-depressive,' but to me I was so relieved. What I was suffering from had a name and could be treated.

I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.

I'm spoiled rotten, as my children would tell you.

If stars behave in an erratic fashion, it's called 'colorful,' as opposed to, 'Well, maybe there's a problem there.'

I worshipped my father.

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness.

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.

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.

Nobody gets through life on a pass.