You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.

Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life is life, and if we all did what they said we should do, it would be a different world.

I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.

I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.

I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.

I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.