Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis.

I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in Vietnam changed me. I was so angry. Some of my speeches probably weren't well considered.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.

When you're an older woman [in a movie] you tend to be in - how did you put it? You're the brunt of the joke.

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.

My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.