Sadly I don't sing. I missed it for a long time, but my daughter Emma said something wonderful when I was feeling blue one day: "Mom, you've just found a different way of using your voice, and that's with your books." In a way, she's right. It's just a different way of expressing what I feel about music, individuality, art and all the things I've always loved.

I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

All love shifts and changes.