Mary Tyler Moore

I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted.

Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dietitians all rolled into one.

Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.

You truly have to make the very best of what you've got. We all do.

Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

Because of the enormous responsibility, diabetic kids tend to grow up to be the most mature, most realistic people who have a natural desire to reach outside of themselves.

I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.