There was mental and physical abuse in my family.

I liked wearing the '50s wardrobe. It was hard in the beginning. The first shows I wore regular young girl dresses. Then a little later I got to wear the poodle skirts and such.

The first interview I went on I got at age 5. It was a commercial for First Federal Bank.

I am happily married to a wonderful man. He is not in the business.

You cannot run away from the truth because truth will find you.

The Gottschalk was a fine weapon."You, " I said to it, "are on probation. You'd better impress me."Great. Now I was talking to guns.

I'm not hard I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.

I imagine horses in the engine, their manes flying, their breaths steaming, their nostrils flaring as they gallop.

Doctor, I have more education than most white people.

The most interesting painting is one that expresses more of what one thinks than of what one sees

...in words and pickles, I have immortalized my memories, although distortions are inevitable in both methods. We must live, I'm afraid, with the shadows of imperfections.

How are we to account for the strange human craving for the pleasure of feeling afraid which is so much involved in our love of ghost stories?

Inflation could be a very - is a likely consequence out of what's going on now.