Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.

I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.

In Rockford I decided that I had seen enough of the world.

If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.

That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.