Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter.

I always wanted to know what lens they were on, how close they were. I didn't do it with a plan in mind, but I would instinctively gear what I was doing toward what lenses they were using.

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

I had one of those headaches. It kept pounding and got into that crazy realm where the guillotine seems like a good idea.

Keep working while grace abound.

And of the fact that every vision of the past is a vision of the blind

Shakespeare: …the best way to peace is to have a still and quiet conscience. Or none at all, thought Gamache.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

Regrets... Regrets are bootless. A vain trick of the mind. An impotent raging against what cannot be changed anyway. A distraction from the moment.

Time alone reveals the just man but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.

Don't be too optimistic while you are tied to a railway when the train is coming; it won't be helpful for the solution!

Because the reward is worth the risk.