I rented a place that I could have dogs - not in my house. I rented a big place. And I was able to have the SPCA every end of the week bring many, many dogs to me. They all were in nice places, clean, everything was fine. I took good care of them. And so many people called.

I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.

I'm tired of being thought of as Miss Goody Two-Shoes... the girl next door, Miss Happy-Go-Lucky.

I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy.

I'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we've never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.

Along the way, we have had some wonderful adventures and have met thousands of dedicated fans - indeed, many of them feel like family to us now.

I really got the 'Rhoda' flavor from studying my stepmother, Angela, who's Italian, not Jewish. There's really so little difference between the speech patterns and family attitudes of Jews and Italians in the New York area, anyway.

No one in my family graduated from college until my brother did, and then I did.