My Parents Instilled In Me

I've Fallen In Love Maybe Five Times In My Life. But It's A Long Life. I Do Get Crushes. Whether It's Men Or Women Or Babies.

My Grandmother Spoiled My Father Rotten And He Grew Up Expecting Women To Do Whatever He Wanted. When He Married My Beautiful Mother, Elsa, He Expected Her To Give Up Her Career As A Champion Ballroom Dancer And Become A Good Wife And Mother, Which She Dutifully Did.

If I Hear The Word 'retire,' It Makes Me Want To Throw Up. And Then Do What? Sit Around All Day Watching Television?

Every Time An Article Is Written About Me Or Any Of My Contemporaries Who's Had The Fortune And Discipline To Look Good At A Certain Age, I Am Struck By The Tone Of Astonishment, And The Certainty That Something Is Being Done Secretively To Beat The Devil.

I Really Feel Now Like A Native New Yorker. And I'm Very Happy Here.