I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.

I'll miss Hollywood. Of the twenty friends I thought I had, I'll miss the six I really had.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If you photograph well, that's enough. I have a terrible time distinguishing one from another. Girls wear their hair the same, and are much too anorexic-looking.