When I admitted I needed to grow old as a woman, it was a relief.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.
Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
I'm really a strong advocate of ageing because the messages that the media and advertising give to women infuriate me: ie that it's a bad thing to get old.
I got old the way that women who aren't actresses grow old.
Growing older doesn't bother me.
I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.