When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.

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.

I am not in the entertainment business. I don't give a damn if it was spectacular or not. I want cause and effect.

Reading like prayer remains one of our few private acts.

We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.

The flu-casters would draw out the maps and keep people engaged at regular intervals ... beaming it from the WHO bunker.

We live in a world that is dominated by war, hate, violence and suspicion. Those are the things that come naturally in this world. So you have to will something else.

And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education.

All artists are illusionists of one kind or another.

I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other.

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.