>> welcome author of the new book "the vegi-ication of robin" robin quivers! ] [ applause ] . >> thank you for coming! >> hey there! [ applause ] >> hi! >> have a seat. >> thank you. ? >> first of all, you look great. >> thank you, thank you. >> robin, what's interesting is that, when you hear the word "cancer" -- >> uh-huh. >> right? it just does something to you psychologically. you are doing great, you lost a lot of weight. you are a celebrity, a star, a great career. what happens to you when you hear someone say "you have cancer"? >> i didn't believe it. [ laughter ] >> i have a great ability to go into denial! [ laughter ] >> so, i -- they keep saying i have cancer. but i really couldn't believe it. you know, when they first said, you have a mass in your pelvis, i was like, well, i wonder what that is? they kept saying we think it's this or that, and finally they said, it's cancer. and i am like "what does that mean, i don't know what that is". >> so, there had to have been a moment, you know, maybe it was in the middle of the night when you were laying in