While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it

I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.

Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything

I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.