You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.

I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.

I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live.

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.