When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that I was fooling somebody - I don't know who or what - maybe myself. I have feelings some days where there are scenes with a lot of responsibility, and I'll wish, 'Gee, if only I had been a cleaning woman.'

(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.

I wanted to ask a thousand questions, but there was no one to ask. Besides I knew that people only told lies to children-lies about everything from soup to Santa Claus.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.