I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.

One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.

We would have to invent the U.N if we did not have it which is not an original thought.

If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.

I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!