In her own words

"It's just fine to be liberal. I love it when somebody argues with me."

"People think it's Joanne the social queen. That's not me at all. I get bored to death when people talk about nothing."

"I was driving in traffic and someone gave me the finger. (She drives a red Jaguar convertible.) I smiled and blew him a kiss."

"It's very hard to be a woman. It isn't enough to be supposedly intelligent, you have to be glamorous and elegant, too. And if you're not, men are very disappointed. If I only had to put on a tie and run a rag over my shoes, that would be just wonderful."