Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

Laziness has many disguises. Soon "winter doldrums" will become "spring fever."

With grace, you will succeed despite strong opposition.

I wake up each morning with grateful gladness.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

Without music you are all dead; with music you are alive. There is nothing music can't do.

Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you from conventionalism, faddishness, and cliché.

The only time I'm the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting.

No matter how hard you're going, you can always go harder.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

No one smiled at me, or looked at me twice; shopping has become my time of reckoning; I will never be able to purchase the stardom I have lost.

It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.