One of the blessings of my childhood was being a fighter and a scrapper, but being a fighter and a scrapper is a curse, too.

And as soon as the Internet hit and people started having their own web sites, I realized that people who did what I did, our positions were being threatened because, as journalists, we were the conduits between the celebrities and the public.

Taking care of myself is central to my personality. I'm pathologically independent. There's no doubt that's one reason I never had children.

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