"I think everybody has one bad birthday in his life. And mine was 80. I didn't like getting there. And it was widely celebrated, as I might have expected it to be, by my family and friends. But, I felt like an old lady. And I had a hard time coming to terms with that."

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"I think several things entered into my depression. One was that it lasted longer. Two was that it was emphasized by all the things that go with aging: (1) looks; (2) that awful thing we all worry about at almost any age -- memory; (3) diminished energy. And then, what I felt was most significant about the depression was a withdrawal from all the things that I had liked so much doing."

"I talked to a doctor who was also a psychiatrist. I made an appointment...was put on medication and they began to work, I would say, within two to three weeks and I was feeling immensely better."

"Antidepressant medication and therapy complement each other. The therapy (is helpful) because of the opportunity that you have to express your problems -- mostly and interestingly enough, to hear yourself talk."