In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be in New York or some other city. I think the Internet is the greatest invention in history after antibiotics.

People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me.

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.