What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.

I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.

I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me.

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.