I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.

Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about.

There is no greater thrill than to sing with a beautiful orchestra.

The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.

After all, children are children no matter their background.

I'm not singing anymore; that is why I am so pleased to be writing. My daughter said, "You just found a different way of using your voice."

Beginnings are always hard.

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are too fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

I would like to make one thing quite clear. I never explain anything.

Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core.

You never feel lonely if you're writing, because you're living with all these characters in your head.