“I'm surviving a life-threatening illness. Many do not, such as those w...” — Patty Duke Quote

“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.”

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

“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”

“I never wanted to be an actor. Because when you're an actor, you depend on other people to come to you with scripts. You can't create your own. Unless you are a Raj Kapoor, who was a producer-director.”

“My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.”

“Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.”