I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

I have decided to keep a full journal, in the hope that my life will perhaps seem more interesting when it is written down.

There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.

I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.