My greatest competition is, well, me.

The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale.

I avoid looking back. I prefer good memories to regrets.

I am basically a feminist. I think that women can do anything they decide to do.

I love walking in the woods, on the trails, along the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one's batteries.

I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'

A person has to keep something to herself or you're life is just a layout in a magazine.

I've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way.

Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes.

The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.

When I married Prince Rainier, I married the man and not what he represented or what he was. I fell in love with him without giving a thought to anything else.

People can burn down books... but not knowledge.

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, do something for peace.

Try staying awake for 24 hours and you'll realize just how many needless worries your mind instantly shuts out.

There is an economy in your mind

I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy.

In everything well known something worthy of thought still lurks.

Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything.

If people are dishonest once, they will be dishonest a second time. And honest people should keep away from them. (Lady Chiltern)