I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

One must take what comes, with laughter.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.

My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.

I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a great need for. Films were the perfect means for satisfying that need.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

The TV business is soul-crushing, talent-destroying and human being-destroying.

I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'

Of course we fight. What sisters don't battle?

He was a glass half full kind of person and she was...what? The glass is going to break before you can even pour kind of person. Yikes.

My family came to this country to take advantage of opportunity, not to take advantage of America.

Mankind spends much more on training pilots of aircraft than it does to train the nuclear reactor operators.

I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself.

Avoid second-quality issues in making up a portfolio unless they are demonstrable bargains.

My daily routine is to make every day the best day.

I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.

The beauty of e-governance is that a few keystrokes can bring smiles on a million faces.

I apply the same amount of dedication to being a mom as I do to my music...