Fame to me certainly is only a temporary and a partial happiness ... fame is not really for a daily diet, that's not what fulfills you. It warms you a bit but the warming is temporary. It's like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have to have it every meal and every day.

I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted.

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.

There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!'