The Girl Who Walked Home Alone
Bette Davis, A Personal Biography
Introduction
"One must live in the present tense, but I have always lived in the present
tensely," Bette Davis told me.
"I have few regrets, not because I've done everything in my life perfectly, but
because my mother, Ruthie, instilled in me the idea that I should never think
about what I've missed, only about what I'm missing."
From the time she was a little girl, Bette felt that life had something
exceptional waiting for her, and that it would find her or that she would find
it.
"None of us knows what our future will be, but you might say I was born with
two crystal balls.
"I wanted the lioness's share. I had to be the best. I'm an overachiever. I
always had the will to win. I felt it baking cookies. They had to be the
best cookies anyone ever baked. But there was a price to pay.
"If a man is dedicated to his work, he's more of a man. If a woman feels that
way, she's less of a woman. Those same qualities that women find so
absolutely wonderful in a man, men don't find s ... read full excerpt from: The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, a Personal Biography ebook
