For marriage the best man is the man within oneself. Most women need to develop their own 'masculine' qualities of independence, pride, courage and open sexuality.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Nobody really needs a mink coat... Except the mink.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.

I can't actually see myself putting make-up on my face at the age of sixty, but I can see myself going on a camel train to Samarkand.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

If we go back to the heyday of that era I think we will see replicated again the extraordinary human damage that we as a nation have suffered from.

The first thing you want to do to become great is to discover your area of calling.

Being rich and coming from a distinguished family background doesn't guarantee happiness, Abby. In fact, it might make happiness harder to find because you have to live up to akk that expectation.

I would sooner read five lines of the Bible than hear five masses in the "Church".

I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

I basically went out with any guy who asked me because hardly anyone ever asked me out.

The fact that I've managed to find a husband who understands and respects everything I do is astonishing.

A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of our friends.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Bernard [Leach] was, as I said , trained as a painter and an etcher.