Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

You know the troubles I've had with my two older children. I can't understand why it turned out so badly. I tried to give them everything. I loved them and tried to keep them near me, even when they didn't return my love. Well, I couldn't make them love me, but they could have shown some respect. I couldn't insist on love, but I could insist on respect.

Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?

Sure, I'd play an ape if they asked me. Maurice Evans did.

I remember most clearly when a teenage Christopher spat in my face. He said, "I hate you". It's pretty hard to overlook that. I couldn't.

I had always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form... a beautiful house, beautiful man, a beautiful life and image. I was ambitious to get the money which would attain all that for me.

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.