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I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.

It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.

Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

I always thought I was going to die before I was 60.

I don't feel any older now than when I was 70.

Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning about getting older, when there's nothing you can do about it. But still, I do find it quite funny. I look at that number, 60, and I think, 'Really? Me?'

I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.

I'm not giving in to anyone else's idea of how I ought to feel and look at 70. 'Retirement' is not a word I can even visualize. I retire when I go to bed!

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.