Author: Patty Duke

Quotes

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.

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

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.

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 panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

- Patty Duke

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

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

- Patty Duke

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

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

- Patty Duke

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

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

- Patty Duke

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

- 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.

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

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?

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

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