Author Profile
Patty Duke
1946 – 2016 • American • Actress
57
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 57 quotesIt'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.— Patty Duke
One of the reasons I survived as well as I did was my genetics. My mother and father both had very tough lives, and boy, were they survivors.— Patty Duke
I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.— Patty Duke
I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!— Patty Duke
I'm surviving a life-threatening illness. Many do not, such as those without celebrity and fortune who have to depend on the public healthcare system.— 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
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
We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.— Patty Duke
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.— 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