There’s always a boyfriend... Whatever else I have to give up on, I won’t give up on love.

Fashion matters to the degree that it is, for the sighted person, the first language we speak to each other. We are... "judge" is a very harsh word, but we're taking in and we're evaluating. Who is this person? What do I have in common? Do I respect them? All of that is that unspoken visual impact.

My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

I'm doing the best I can with the ravages of time on my body and I'm a work in progress. I can't write a memoir because I can't do it this week or next week... I try to be an inspiration to the young to respect their older people; we can't stay the same, but we do the best we can with what's left. You can't whine about stuff, you have to learn to eat humble pie along the way and keep going, because the alternative is going to happen.

I have had more magazine covers in the last 25 years than I have had in my whole elongated career. [...] Today I am in a territory that business considers unmarketable: age and white hair. Slowly, however, I started to own that territory little by little because I stood up for age.

If you had the ceiling falling down in your living room, would you not go and have a repair?