The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.
I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'
The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale.
Having a [teenage] daughter is like riding a young horse over an unknown steeplechase course. You don't know when to pull up the reins, when to let the horse have its head - or what.
I was hired to be an actress, not a personality for the press.
When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world; a world where every country walk would be an adventure, where every garden would become an enchanted one.