You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

For a married woman to flirt is a sin.

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

And maybe the only reason we have to fall back down to grow again is the same cause for the sun to rise and sink: our stars need time to shine at night to heal, to heal.

The next day I received a phone call from Mr. Pride which began, “So, I heard you won Ho of the Year.” Well when you put it like that it didn’t sound like such an accomplishment.

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

Sometimes I make films about scenes other filmmakers would leave out, so I just make the film out of all the things they wouldn't put in. Poetry allows you to do this more than prose, for example.

I climb, I backtrack. I float. I ramble my way home.

I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.

Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i' the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet. From the ripple to run over in its mirth

Whether you are religious or nonreligious, may you find solace in the knowledge that the suffering is ours, but that those we love suffer no more.

Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.