Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door.

Depressions are very cyclical, they happen once every five years. When I was on TV, yes I was effervescent, you can't fake it. It [depression] comes like the pox.

I never weigh myself, but the brutal truth of television is that they don't employ old people or fat people.

You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast.

Some interviewees you make friends with and some you don't.

College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.