I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

You don't get older, you get better.

How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.