I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

Well it's all right to cry. It helps a great deal sometimes.

These days, people like me who are in the arts are perceived as celebrity writers. That really makes me angry because I expend a great deal of effort and spend an enormous amount of time on my books. And I've been writing now for 35 years.

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

I've been blessed to be at the right place at the right time.