I Hate The Word Wholesome.

A Lot Of My Life Happened In Great, Wonderful Bursts Of Good Fortune, And Then I Would Race To Be Worthy Of It.

I'm More Contented And At Peace With Myself Now Than I Was As A Box-office Queen. I'm Less Uptight. I've Even Reached A Stage Where It Doesn't Shatter Me If Somebody Prints Something Bad About Me.

I'm Never Lonely When I'm Writing, Because You Live With The Characters That Are So Alive In Your Mind. And You Really See Them And Know Them And Get To Be Friends With Them.

I Don't Think Today's Younger Audience... Would Even Know What 1920s Musicals Were Like.

Because I Come From The Theater, I Use The Images Of The Theater And Of Movies A Great Deal When I Write. I See The Story In My Head. I Have To Break Down The Outline Of A Story First. I Have To Know Where I'm Going. Usually I Have A Good Beginning And A Good Ending, And Then I Think, "now I Have To Find My Way Through It."