Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.

[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!

Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.

I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

I've always burned my bridges before me.

I didn't come from a success lineage but I am so glad that my earthly lineage is not my final story because when I gave my life to Jesus twelve years back, God interrupted my story.

The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell.His absence wasn’t a problemBut the corkscrew had gone as well.

An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.

If you have these two things - the willingness to change, and the acceptance of everything as it comes, you will have all you need to work with.

To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.

Surrounded by the flames of jealousy, the jealous one winds up, like the scorpion, turning the poisoned sting against himself.

The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities.

Who would I marry? I know, my ego. We'd make the perfect couple.

I stand up for the things I believe in.

The most useful thing about art is it's uselessness.