When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can't send away for it in a catalogue. And I'm afraid it's becoming obsolete.

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.

Seal my lips on aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Moments. A couple of moments that people remember, that they can take with them, is what makes a good movie.

Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy.

Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

Whatever we may think of the merits of torturing children for pleasure, and no doubt there is much to be said on both sides, I am sure we all agree that it should be done with sterilized instruments.

I am a feminist because in every woman I can see reflection of my mother.

Be yourself., you are truer than you think.

There's a very apt saying in show business: "If you don't go over budget in Paris, you're either very rich or very sick. "

That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.

My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings.

I do not believe that ever any building was truly great, unless it had mighty masses, vigorous and deep, of shadow mingled with its surface.

Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.

When I was a younger man and had a life, I owned an El Camino pickup in the '70s. It was a real sort of Southern deal. I had Astroturf in the back.