109 Quotes by Patty Duke

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

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

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

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.

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

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll

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.

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.