When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

America is so caught up in this celebrity mania!

Just because people don't meet you doesn't mean they're not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.

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

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!