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? – Patty Duke
If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient. – Patty Duke
Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone’s words and breathe life into them. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
The panic attacks – I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death. – Patty Duke
At the age of 19, I removed myself from society for almost four months, setting off years of manic episodes, including outrageous overspending. I bought several Mercedes because I thought I could. I had no money, but I rented a jet. – Patty Duke
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women’s rights activities is one I treasure. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. – Patty Duke
I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I’m stunned. – Patty Duke
I can’t tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll. – Patty Duke
I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
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. – Patty Duke
I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness. – Patty Duke
Due to my sometimes erratic behavior, my children tried very hard to avoid me and not do anything to set me off. – Patty Duke
If stars behave in an erratic fashion, it’s called ‘colorful,’ as opposed to, ‘Well, maybe there’s a problem there.’ – Patty Duke
