I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.

For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

I gave you my heart, but it wasn't enough.

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

If I do have some success I'd like to enjoy it for heaven's sake! What is the point of having it otherwise?

I am a woman in the prime of my life, with certain powers and those powers severely limited by authorities whose faces I rarely see.

The entire Quran is a big joke. If it was not so violent, it would be the biggest comic book ever written.

When we commune with the spirit within and ask for new ideas, they are always forthcoming.

Heaven: The Coney Island of the Christian imagination.

Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?

When you're timid, you're just thinking of yourself! Think of the other person - put him at ease, get him a drink.

Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve.