“I'll be eighty this month. Age, if nothing else, entitles me to set the record straight before I dissolve. I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.”

Quoted in Bill Adler, Funny Ladies: The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women (2001) p. 52 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KOVGUVYj2XUC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22Age,+if+nothing+else,+entitles+me+to+set+the+record+straight+before+I+dissolve.%22&source=bl&ots=QGbAVbdU0l&sig=G37ipttwzeIIx1L2CAVM2Mz9M60&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VsszT6XYKMqh0QXs5-CiAg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Age%2C%20if%20nothing%20else%2C%20entitles%20me%20to%20set%20the%20record%20straight%20before%20I%20dissolve.%22&f=false

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