I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.

I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.

You can't lay down laws for what people think and hope.

If you don't go to a dance you can never be rejected but you'll never get to dance either.

I remember watching myself on video and being so disappointed with myself because I was constantly moving around the place and laughing. I thought, 'I must be so much louder than I think I am. From inside it feels fine.'

On the first day of school, my father told me I'd be the most popular girl and everyone would love me and want to be my friend. It wasn't so, but it gave me an enormous amount of confidence.