When A Woman Reaches Twenty-six In America,

My Mother Was The Greatest Example To Me Of Anyone I've Ever Known. She Didn't Have An Easy Life. I Adored Her. She Worked Hard All Her Life, And She Was The One Who Set My Values. She Was Quite An Amazing Woman, Although She Wasn't Tough At All.

We Live In An Age Of Mediocrity. Stars Today Are Not The Same Stature As Bogie [humphrey Bogart], James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda And Jimmy Stewart [james Stewart].

I Fairly Often Have Thought How Lucky I Was. I Knew Everybody Because I Was Married To Bogie, And That 25-year Difference Was The Most Fantastic Thing For Me To Have In My Life.

Sophie, My Dog, Is The High In The Highlights Of My Life. Even Through Rain, Snow, Ice, And General Laziness, She Is The Reason I Smile When I Wake Up And A Comfort To Me Continually. I Could Never Have Imagined That A Now Five-pound, Six-ounce Dog Would Take Over My Life. But It Has Happened, And I Am Happy To Have Someone To Look After And Share My Moods With.

You Had To Stay Awake Married To Him [humphrey Bogart]. Every Time I Thought I Could Relax And Do Everything I Wanted, He'd Buck. There Was No Way To Predict His Reactions, No Matter How Well I Knew Him. As He'd Said Before Our Wedding, He Expected To Be Happily Married And Stay That Way, But He Never Expected To Settle Down. He Liked Keeping People Off Balance. He Was Good For Me -- I Could Never Be Quite Sure What He Would Do.