I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.

If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.