I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I've never had my heart broken.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis.

Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow directions and sometimes we end up totally lost.

One act of betrayal can shatter a lifetime of trust.

Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

Stories end in reverie, tragedy, or forgiveness.

During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.

My image is me. I talk for myself. I didn't become this person others wanted me to be.

If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against.

The only limit to success is your own imagination.

I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.