I guess I'm a survivor. There are many of us survivors and any successful woman of my age has somewhat of that in her.

My own philosophy is if you're not having sex, you're finished. It separates the girls from the old people.

I've just been so lucky. I don't know if you're really able to take advantage of your full potential until you're older. There are a few people who are incredibly gifted and make it when they are very young, but I didn't. With women it takes longer. You just keep working and when you finally get it, it feels very, very nice.

Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.

Now it's somewhat easier for a woman to be a film producer or something like that if she wants, though it's not that easy. But to be any kind of successful woman took a lot of doing in the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s... in the '70s it's getting simpler.

Two warm bodies and one cold bottle of champagne will produce something more wonderful than would happen without the champagne.

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.