I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.

Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.

Creative people are more prone to depression.

I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.

I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.

An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.

The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

She [Monica Vitti] was a great actress, but a very difficult person. I am not in contact with her at the moment because she is very sick. Not a generous woman, I have to say. I don't see her much.

The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies.

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

To live in a city is to be forever flinching.

All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be.

In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

Now life is imitating art.

People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream!