“A psychiatrist once diagnosed my troubles as “an abdication of will.””

“Psychiatrists are very effective. Before, I used to pee in my bed and was very ashamed of it. After seeing a psychiatrist I got better. Now, I pee in my bed but I am proud of it.”

“The Christian ethic did not raise the worth of female life much above the Jewish: nor did the clinical ethic raise it much above the clerical. This is why most of those identified as witches by male inquisitors were women; and why most of those diagnosed as hysterics by male psychiatrists were also women.”

“I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.”

“I have never had trouble with conflicting interpretations of my work. Once the story is published, it belongs to the reader.”

“After a year of therapy, my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone.”

“I wonder if my shrink (sorry, psychiatrist) was a woman not a man I'd be in a better or worse state?”

“Dishonour will not trouble me, once I am dead.”

“Prentice: My nerves are on edge.
Rance: You should consult a qualified psychiatrist.
Prentice: I am a qualified psychiatrist.
Rance: You're a fool. That isn't quite the same thing. Though, in your case, the two may have much in common.”

“The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.”