In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.

If you rest, you rust.

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.

There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones.

In this sometimes turbulent world, the river is a cosmic symbol of durability and destiny; awesome, but steadfast. In this period of deep national concern, I wish everyone could live for a while beside a great river.

All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.