There are just times when it seems you can't do anything wrong. Then there are other times when whatever you do is wrong. I think I could have had more drive. I was never very ambitious.

Tallulah [Bankhead] never beat about the bush - she'd gossip about you in front of your back!

I laughed from the time I arrived at the studio until I left at night. I was almost ashamed to take a paycheck.

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

I don't remember everything that happened, and I'm looking forward to the tale. But I know, I feel, that it was good. Even if I did die. It was a damn excellent dream.

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.

Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity.

I like any big city. I like any place where you can see a guy with a pants-full of pooh fighting a ghost.

Choose your mistakes carefully.

I owe everything - my success and happiness - to men.

I believe in the power of women. As nurturers, we have a unique ability to care and share and make the world a better place. Women Who Inspire are women who are making a difference.

A new environment encourages us to be more mindful and present, as we're more likely to notice and appreciate new surroundings.

I felt the beginning of a passion, hopeless in the long run, but very nourishing, for identifying myself with people who were not my own, and whose lives were governed by ideas alien to mine.