Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction.
Robert BentonAll my life I've felt like somebody's wife, or somebody's mother or somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew who I was. And that's why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself.
Robert BentonAlthough I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment I got here and I never stopped.
Robert Benton