"My obit is going to be full of Bogart, I'm sure," she says, adding, "I'll never know if that's true. If that's the way it is, that's the way it is."

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.

I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.

If goodness is its own reward, shouldn't we get a little something for being naughty?

People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.

The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

Growing up takes longer than you think.