I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.

At 26, I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.