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.

I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

The things we ignore often come back to us in our sleep.

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.