I never know how much of what I say is true.

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you're playing somebody's mother - and there aren't even a lot of those roles!

When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. Then you're in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, "What will I do between now and then?" Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform - your contribution to the world.