I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

I feel like a survivor from an age that people no longer understand. I want to try to explain what the 1930s - the golden age of Hollywood - was truly like. People forget that America was such a different place then, not yet the dominant force in the world.

I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.

I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.