Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.

If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

I believe in sending a lot of letters and notes to friends.