back in a moment. >> rose: sheila nevins is here. she was here at a time when few people knew of the premium cable channel. since then she's overseen a revolution of television documentaries bringing taxicab confessions, crimes from syria, and the jinx. on her watch hbo documentary film has garn you ared a total of 65 prime time emmy awards, 46 pee deed awards and 26 academy awards. here's a look at her at work from cbs sunday morning. >> we sat in on a session for a new documentary nevins commissioned by alexandra pelosi. it's a reading of the constitution, the declaration of independence and the bill of rights. >> come on guys, this is great. >> is it true that your basic criterion is not boring. is that number one. >> absolutely. >> this is fine. i'm not bored yet. >> i'm a little bored. >> she's the patron soinlt of documentaries. >> is she really as tough as i've heard she is. >> she's honest. >> do you quake. >> you're going to hear it from her or a critic. who do you want to hear it from. >> i want to get it from the -- >> the

that never gets old. >>> sheila nevins is one of the most influential women.nd the cam for more than three decades nevins has a collection of short stories, essays, and poetry called you don't look your age and other fare tails. sheila, we welcome you to the table that thank you. >> i think this is one of my favorite chapters, gliding gracely into gravity. you talk about can deadly having a facelift. getting older isn't something you look forward to. >> it as better than the anxious turnive. >> look yut. >> i'm re-up post re-up pollste >> you said it's hard. >> no, i i don't. >> you say you're -- >> lipstick. >> you say you had a facelift at 56. >> it was a long time ago. why did i feel compelled? i'm a superficial woman with deep feelings and i didn't want to given up. i didn't want to walk into a room. i submitted to the culture. is that bad in. >> no judgment. >> thank you. >> no judgment, no judgment. >> just a quick note. the two of us did a big conversation on my pbs show. the response was amazing. >> me too, chartly. >> the point is how the message is c

>> you will hear from sheila or a critic area i rather hear it in the edit room. nevins a new book out "you do not look your age and other fairytales." expose, or an obituary. it has been a while. why did you decide to write this and what is this? of slidet is a sort memoir. in other words, there are imaginary characters in it, and there is sheila in it. i do not know, it is things they never talked about. it is hard to be a woman that is getting older, that is working. have once been pretty and to suddenly see everything disappearing. aginghard, the images of and women are so incredibly destructive to keeping it going. charlie: you wanted to write about it because things -- these were things you cared about and worried about? sheila: yes, and i was so afraid of age. i knew women that could talk about anything, affairs, kids' ailments, but not about how old they were. charlie: and meryl streep read -- you, gloria steinem think they care about it, too? or are some of them willing to age gracefully? sheila: i think every single one of these women, maybe diane is an excepti