I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in my spirit, and I don't want to be blocked by things that get inside of you and kill you.

The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written.

Some of us are born with a sense of loss. It is not acquired as we grow. It is already there from the beginning, and it pervades us throughout our lives.

I believe in marriage and fidelity.

Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion.

I've been really very fortunate with the men I've been involved with. They've always really treated me very, very wonderfully. And whenever anything broke up, I was always the one to leave. So I think I've been really very, very lucky.

Sinatra created a kind of magic. You want those people to be part of your life.