I Probably Am More Shy Than People

I Would Not Take For Granted That My Personal Life - Because I Knew Better Than Anybody - That It Was Just A Life. It Was Surprisingly An Ordinary Life.

A Diagnosis Is Burden Enough Without Being Burdened By Secrecy And Shame.

I Define Success As When I Say "yes" When I Am Given An Opportunity.

I Have Been Fiercely Private, In Part Because I Could Never Understand How A Journalist Could Be Otherwise. I Was Also The Mother Of Small Children, And Security Concerns Were Paramount.

About The Time I Turned 50, I Experienced The Profound Biological Change That Often Accompanies Women At That Age. Also, I Put Two Kids In College And Lost Both Of My Parents, So I'm No Longer Somebody's Daughter.