I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.

I was never the girl next door.

I wasn't trying to be anything. I was just myself.

For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.

Young women say I helped them come out of their shells.

It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.

My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

Among the many answers I have found, I believe love is the most beautiful and simple art that reflects the beauty of life.

A woman's not a woman till the pills wear off.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

I like good company, but I like hard work still better.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'

I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.