I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.

There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on.

There is a time of reckoning in all our lives.

Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.

I was born in a blender.

Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her.

Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.

My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.

You should know this about the rich: they always want to get richer. It is never boring, getting your hands on more money.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge I believe everything will work out for the best in the end.

Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Remember that you can pray any time, anywhere. Washing dishes, digging ditches, working in the office, in the shop, on the athletic field, even in prison - you can pray and know God hears!

I read nonfiction almost exclusively - both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.

Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.

There is something in me maybe someday to be written; now it is folded, and folded, and folded, like a note in school.

I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not.

I lost myself to music at a very early age, and I remained there.