I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. I longed to be myself.

I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better.

It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes.

Right after Dynasty ended I had a facelift and laser surgery to get rid of lines around my eyes.

Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television.

I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

I was born in Connecticut. But my parents brought my sister and I to L.A. when-Hollywood, actually, when i was 6 months old.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it but it takes brains to build a house.

In all your getting, get understand. Proverbs paraphrased

Making an effort can be equated to not doing anything at all. You don't make an effort to walk, you just walk. It's the same with winning. You don't make an effort to win, you just do it.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

I always saw what the girls were doing, the supermodels, and they were my inspiration.

I guess it really is just me, myself and all my millions.

I'm a fan of action movies.

I like to think there's still right and wrong. We blur that a lot. When we celebrate misdeeds instead of portraying them as missteps, we've lost our way a little bit.

It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go.

If the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.