 I don't like the term mid-life crisis. |
| Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic. |
| Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography. |
| So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone. |
| There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life. |
| After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself. |
| There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us. |
| There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on. |
| I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long. |
| When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many. |
| The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful. |
| I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all. |
| There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one. |
| Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them. |
| Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity. |
| I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important. |
| There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography. |
| We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person. |
| Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex. |
| The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience. |
