It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Believe you can, and you're halfway there.

Christ . . . didn’t come to treat symptoms. He came to get at the very heart of man’s disease.

I'm an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid.

Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

I live in a grey world, rather like the silver screen world. But yellow stands out.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

It never occurred to me that I was going to have to talk to a camera. I don't know if I can do this.

The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?

Men respect women who have standards - get some!

To go to bed after midnight is to go to bed betimes