Drink water between meals instead of with them so that the digestive juices will not be diluted.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I believe in 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,' and I live by that. I am becoming authentic, and that's important to me. I have surpassed both my parents in terms of emotional stability, happiness and well-being. And I'm a lucky woman. I've deserved my luck.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

So much conspires to silence us - because our truths are inherently subversive.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

When I was in my 40s was I simply produced my own movies because no one offered me anything. But certainly after 50 it's hard for a woman, which is why television is such a welcoming thing.