I was a bird imitating the birds. And so it was their kind of imaginary world that I was raised in, and it was part delicious and part confusing. - Lee Grant

I knew my career as an actor would change. I wouldn’t get these parts again. I had reached the age where Hollywood begins to humiliate beautiful women. I wasn’t going to do it. Walking up there, I could almost feel myself accepting that change.

I don’t use a typewriter or a computer, so everything was written by pen and ink by my little desk. It took me four years to complete it, and as you can see, it wasn’t an easy book to write.

The work she did in the film was very sensitive. There was something in her character that struck a chord with her. I found her fascinating.