I was also an early writer, and when I began to write, at about the age of seven, stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples, (Laughter) and they talked a lot about the weather, how lovely it was that the sun had come out.
Isto tako sam bila i rani pisac. I kad sam počela pisati, s kojih sedam godina starosti, priče pisane olovkom s ilustracijama masnim bojicama koje je moja jadna majka bila prisiljena čitati, napisala sam upravo onakve vrste priča kakve sam čitala. Svi moji likovi su bili bijelci s plavim očima. Igrali su se u snijegu. Jeli su jabuke. (Smijeh) I pričali su puno o vremenu, o tome kako je lijepo što je sunce izašlo.