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I was raising seven kids. I lived in the bedrooms, in the laundry room, in the kitchen, in the car - car pooling all over. I just didn't have time to sit down and watch a lot of TV. So I really didn't.

I was determined to have a spotless house when I grew up.

One time I tried to use the bathroom in the dark, and I missed the toilet, and I fell on the floor.

My house was very strange. I didn't do things other kids did because my parents were very strict - I stayed at home, quiet in my room.

I had to redo my last house after the pipes burst, and something was lost in the renovation. The soul of the old space was compromised.

Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.

I moved around a lot when I was a child; two of the houses I grew up in have totally disappeared. One was burnt in a riot, and the other was pulled down.

My grandmother's house - she ran it just like her grandmother and her great-grandmother. They didn't have electricity. They had wood stoves that never got cold.