Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

Meryl Streep is an acting machine in the same sense that a shark is a killing machine.

For a leader to pick his own successor is a feudal practice.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

Music is the language of all. It tames the savage beast and allows us to get over heartbreak. It helps us express what we really want to say and it has the power to lift hearts and awaken our souls.

The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values.

Hey, if you're going to price yourself, I say go high.

While briskly to each patriot lip Walks eager round the inspiring flip; Delicious draught, whose pow'rs inherit The quintessence of public spirit!

Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and present with a bow.

What matters is how you feel inside, because feeling beautiful on the inside is key to looking good.

You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life.