I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.