It’s a blessing when the person you love shows the kind of instincts you’d hoped they’d have when push comes to shove. Illness is the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, fat or thin, sick is sick. And if you’re blessed, those around you will rise to the occasion in your hour of need.

I like writing better. Because I don’t have to wear makeup, I don’t have to be thin, and I don’t have to remember lines.

I’m very involved in the writing on every level.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that’s really about it.

I don’t go to places where I’m going to get mobbed.

I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I’ll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

Though I’m not religious in the classical sense I did partake in Passover.

Since my illness, I’ve felt the presence of my angels.

People lived in the same apartments for years. You’d meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you’d still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood.

I’ve lived three lifetimes in my short time.