What makes BPD different from any other personality disorder is that your anger and impulsiveness -- acting out, kicking over a chair -- only happens when you're dealing with people you really love. If it's somebody you don't care about, who cares?
MTV is the lava lamp of the 1980's.
One of the things I'd heard a lot was, 'He was the funniest comic we've ever had here in the six years we've been open, and we never want to see him back here again,'
Bush doesnt know the names of countries, he doesnt know the names of foreign leaders, he cant even find the Earth on a globe.
I did not have a sober, straight, legal day from 1974 to 1994. Not one.
He was the only person who was like, lucid, cogent, intelligent -- was reading a book, ... He was the only person I met in The Tenderloin besides me who was reading a book.
I was told to get my self-esteem back, get my self-confidence back. (He) helped me get some clothes, get a pager, you know, get out of there.
That's the thing I never did. I'm very grateful to him and he was a good person. I promised myself that I'm never going to let something like that happen to anyone else I know on my watch.
When the article comes out, I realize two things. One is, 'Hey I really was somebody.' And two, boy I've got a lot of friends that I thought I couldn't call anymore.
(It was) the first time I couldn't perform in my entire life. Took a sabbatical (but) didn't know that it was going to last for over two years,
The disorder got in my mind and said, you know, things like 'If she hangs up the phone one more time, I'm going to break something,' ... and so, to me, it all seemed perfectly logical.