And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.

My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.

I was voted the most beautiful girl in the world in 1958, and courted by every young, available man in Los Angeles, most of whom I didn't go out with, by the way.

I don't believe in eating junk and I protect my face all the time from the sun, even in the winter with base and makeup.

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

I think health is another exceedingly important thing.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.