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… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
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… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
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… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now. — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way. — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
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… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image