That's the main reason I gave up my career after John was born and I was pregnant with Andrew. I could not handle going away day after day. The thought of going away before they got up and coming back after they were in bed was intolerable.

She and my uncle were very sociable and would have a lot of people over at night to play cards or whatever. The high spot of those evenings was when we kids got dressed up to do a skit or something to amuse the guests. I loved it.

Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

That is how our marriage is working so well. My secret of happiness is keeping my contact to the minimum.

In the early days, when I first got into the WI team, when the Ws were playing, I would sit and watch. When you could learn from watching players like that, it was a great joy to watch them play.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.