Jenifer Lewis Quotes

I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.

I can't be manic without it feeling false to me.

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.

Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.

I'm kind of bi-polar.

I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease.

A mood disorder is dangerous. You've got to get those dramatic waves of highs and lows stabilized. It's dangerous if you don't.

People with bipolar disorder have difficulty with boundaries.

I'm kind of effectively bipolar.

Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.

I knew I was a manic depressive when I was 13 or 14, and I loved it. I always told people what I had, and I was always cresting on a manic wave. I used it, willingly and happily, and it was an extraordinary experience. When I got hit with the depressive side - Boom! - yes, it was horrible and unendurable, but that's part of the story.

People who are bipolar, they kind of latch onto things that are fanatical sometimes.

I can tell you I have dealt with mania my whole life.

I am manic and that leads me to behave badly at times.

Depression is 80 per cent of my condition, and 10 per cent is mania, and 10 per cent is what we call normal. I say that must be when I am buying groceries. Or vacuuming.

I'm a happy guy, but if I'm in a rare dark mood, I won't go out because I don't want to be horrible to people.

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

I am quite hard to live with, and I know that if I go through a bad run, I'm not the best company and am best left alone. But I'm not nearly as bad as people like to make out.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable. I go to cognitive behavioral therapy in order not to yell at my children.

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

I still get crazy once in a while, but just less crazy.

There are a lot of studies that suggest a higher rate of creativity in bipolars than the general population.

Mania is a wonderful feeling.