I suppose life is a little like that, isn't it, a message in a bottle pitched out to sea, to be carried by the winds and the tides, washing up on the beaches we could never imagine.

I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.