To function as an actress, I have to be in love. I have to have that incentive to work.

If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.

I don't want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn't say anything too strong but I do know that God created us equal and we're not living up to it.

I'll have to have a palace, of course. I may not be a princess, but I am a movie queen, and every queen should have a palace.

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted

A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.

I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

I want to earn my own way, I like having nice things but I've never accepted anything I haven't earned.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy.

Nature loves death: she will not punish it.

Mind is obsessed with fleeting illusions, while Spirit is constant and free.

Begin your day, upon awakening, with prayers of gratitude, requests and affirmations that they are being answered—always ending with more gratitude.

Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I was a bottle baby.

The greatest myth of all is what America is. I think that America is such an incredibly dynamic place because of immigration.

Nothing improves your writing, I think, as much as your keeping writing.

The world we live in is but thickened light.

And that's when you learned, your top fund-raiser was a murder suspect.