A charming woman is a busy woman.

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.

In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.

No first-time entrepreneur has the business network of contacts needed to succeed. An incubator should be well integrated into the local business community and have a steady source of contacts and introductions.

I am very conscious that, having worked part time, having had a rather disrupted career, my research record is a good deal patchier than any man's of a comparable age.

When I was 24, I co-founded a company called Athenahealth which built the first Web-based software and back-office service suite for doctors' offices.

I believe it's important to put all of your energy into what you're doing rather than doing an office job and trying to muster up energy for music. It's been a real blessing to play music full time.