I think a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off!

If you're a little mouseburger, come with me. I was a mouseburger and I will help you. You're so much more wonderful than you think. Cosmopolitan is shot full of this stuff although outsiders don't realize it. It is, in its way, an inspiration magazine.

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.

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.

Being somebody is better than not being somebody vis à vis what you want out of life. If you want to talk to interesting people and have them talk to you, and if you want enough money to live someplace pleasant and to go on trips and be able to help people you love, you simply have to be somebody.

Charm is the next best asset after looks and brains - and can almost make up for looks.