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 is in the future.
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

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.
Patty Duke

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.
Patty Duke

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.
Patty Duke

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
Patty Duke

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.
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

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
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

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.
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

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.
Patty Duke

You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.
Patty Duke