Lorna Luft

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.

Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.

To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.