Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four.

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You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

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Take notes. Everything is copy.

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So, twice a week, I go to a beauty salon and have my hair blown dry. It’s cheaper by far than psychoanalysis, and much more uplifting.

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When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

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I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.

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You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.

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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

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And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.

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I think if you're lucky enough to find a voice in whatever you do, that voice will come sneaking out no matter what.

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