We are oceans apart. My mother had a very difficult life.

We were so poor that my mother would often leave me in a foster home until she could raise enough money to rent rooms for us.

I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking.

My life has been amazing. How many other ladies of 76 can say that the snapshot on their senior citizen's card was taken by Norman Parkinson?

Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterations myself - I'm quite a seamstress - it's the influence of my Hungarian mother.

I was friends with Salvador Dalí until the day he died. Lucky me. I can't say why. I didn't live to be noticed, I lived to enjoy the excitement of doing right that day, and I knew I was doing it right when they would have me back. That was the thrill for me. I yearned to be validated because my mother was stern and I never did much right, that's how I perceived it.

Even with a computer, I can't get rid of all the papers in my life.