I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. I didn't cause my son any pain. But I did bring to my life some of my father, who was very controlling and very remote. I was working a lot. I wasn't there enough.
Mary Tyler MooreTake chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
Mary Tyler MooreI'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.
Mary Tyler MooreI really consider myself a Californian, but I have those great comedic roots in Brooklyn.
Mary Tyler MooreWe have 11 horses up at our country home, six of which are rescue animals ... Two of them are 'cop horses' from the mounted police, ages 4 and 5, who turned out to have physical problems that weren't suitable for the kind of work they have to do. Now, with us, they are just out to pasture and have nothing but a good time, eating their heads off, romping and frolicking, and just doing all good horsey things.
Mary Tyler Moore