I Was Raised In The '50s. I

This Toxic Striving For Perfection Is A Female Thing. How Many Men Obsess About Being Perfect? For Men, Generally, Good Enough Is Good Enough.

I Spent A Good Deal Of Time Going Back Over My Childhood, My Midlife, To Try To Understand Who I Was. We're Supposed To Be Complete And Whole, And You Can't Be Whole If You're Trying To Be Perfect. Doing A Life Review Helped Me Get Over The Disease To Please.

When I Was In My 40s Was I Simply Produced My Own Movies Because No One Offered Me Anything. But Certainly After 50 It's Hard For A Woman, Which Is Why Television Is Such A Welcoming Thing.

I'm An Assistant Storyteller. It's Like Being A Waiter Or A Gas-station Attendant, But I'm Waiting On Six Million People A Week, If I'm Lucky.

You Cannot Expect Your Children To Be Happy Eating Esoteric Beige-colored Foods When Their Friends Get Soda Pop, Snickers, And Twinkies.