John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

When I was young, I was told that I had a sulky, pouty face.

I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss.

The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s.

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.

Take a moment think who would actually miss you if you deactivate all your social networking accounts, whatsapp, BBM etc

A badge (police badge) isnt a hallmark of impunity, its a trademark of justice!

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.

Need is never a good basis for any relationship.

Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

Having my poems set to music by Eric Moe has completely knocked my socks off.

your actions with holds your future

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.