Steadiness is coming up short 19 times and succeeding the twentieth.

In the old days it was important, but not as important as it is today, to keep making success after success after success. It's terrifying today. You can maybe have one so-so movie but you've got to come back with another that's huge, if possible, and that must be very, very difficult for young talent.

Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image.

My husband knows me better than anyone.

So many things that you can ask children hopefully pique their interest and they can design and think for themselves. Having children draw and illustrate what they saw in their minds' eyes during the story is a tremendous teaching aid.