I don't have to be logical - I'm a mother.

My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.

I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a lot of it's through the Net. And I always answer it, if it's legible.

I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.

It takes a lot of courage to be happy (after the death of a spouse), but I've got courage, so I think I will be happy again.

When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high.

I can't decide whether to commit suicide or go bowling.

I'm a '70s mom, and my daughter is a '90s mom. I know a lot of women my age who are real computer freaks.

People often ask me what happened to my first husband? And I say, I killed him.

I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.

You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find the courage to change that. I think change is extremely hard for people.

To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love.

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.

To be the best you must beat the best.

Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.

We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less.

God, why do I give interviews to 'the Guardian'? They always try to dissect you, and I don't really think about stuff in the way that you're asking me these questions.

Men die the way they lived.

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.

I like things that are funny - in everyday conversation, in incidents that you see, in watching TV or watching film. Comedy has always had an impact on my life.

Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.