I won't go to a restaurant to eat with friends, always join them afterwards for coffee. In company I always get over enthusiastic, and this leads to indigestion.

With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.

I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him.

Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.