I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort.

I’d like to discover life. Quite frankly I don’t know how to be happy. I have not a clue. I only serve — and I don’t say that with any grandeur. I just serve others through entertaining. That’s when I am happy. I’m not just delighted with myself when I’m entertaining, but I’m happier than when I’m not.

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'