I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter that's it. It's a task I love.

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

One must take what comes, with laughter.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.

My sister has decided to become an actress too. It has ruined the close-knittedness of our family life.

I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a great need for. Films were the perfect means for satisfying that need.

I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

The TV business is soul-crushing, talent-destroying and human being-destroying.

I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'

Of course we fight. What sisters don't battle?

I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books

The heart’s will is greater than the hand’s strength.

Because some of my at-home life was rough and lonely, I often looked to escape into my imagination. Science fiction provided a deep well to pull from and was something easily accessible to me.

We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen.

When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything.

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you.

I don't develop; I am.

You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing!

I think I have kind of a natural magnetism.