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When I was 6, a family friend gave me E.L. Konigsburg's 'A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver' and launched me on a full-blown Eleanor obsession. I wanted to ride off on Crusade, to launch a thousand troubadour songs, to marry a king - and then jilt him and marry another.

I was just raised in humble beginnings: three brothers together and a single mother who raised us the best she could.

Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.

I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.

No doubt, the most important thing in my career was my time with Mr. Bergman, with whom I worked in so many films and also in so many stage productions, so it was a continuous working relationship and also a friendship, of course, that lasted for so many years.

When Mary arrived, I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father. There have been many influences on my life, but that thing of finally becoming a family person was the greatest.

I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink.

I've had an incredible life with a lot of triumphs, my share of heartbreak, and some pretty amazing experiences.

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.