But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.

I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system

There is a dark side. I tend not to be as optimistic as Mary Richards. I have an anger in me that I carry from my childhood experiences - I expect a lot of myself and I'm not too kind to myself.

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.