Mary Tyler Moore

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 know the food groups that I like to have and are good for me and those that I have to stay away from. And so, I don't need to know exactly what I'm going to eat, but I take my insulin probably 20 minutes before I'm going to sit down.

I can't eat pure sugar. I can't have candy.

I've had problems with my eyes, and my legs hurt if I walk a great deal. That's due to very bad circulation. It's called claudication, and it's painful. So I have to stop if I'm walking, and pretending I'm looking in the window, so that I can rest them a little bit and then start off again.

I need insulin to stay alive. It's just therapy to keep going. What I can do is make sure that I keep my blood sugar down to a reasonable level. I can exercise, and I can eat properly. And insulin plays a very big part in that.

The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner.

I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill O'Reilly.

I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules.

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

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

What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system.

Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses who were close, really close. But there was no magical epiphany.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

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.

No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard.

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky.

Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant.

Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them.