I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.

I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States.

I don't know if it's a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I've lately craved the structure and order of classical music, the balance and symmetry.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

[On God:] She makes everything possible.

Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact.