My grandmother was a typical farm-family mother. She would regularly prepare dinner for thirty people, and that meant something was always cooking in the kitchen. All of my grandmother's recipes went back to her grandmother.

Never slap a man who chews tobacco.

Just do the math. In the next 50 to 75 years, people will be living to be 130 and 140. They'll be working until they're 100. It's incredible.

As an only child, I never felt insecure and always had total love.

Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.

The critics - how come you never see any of them on TV?

August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.