Acting Is A Life Of Rejection.

My Life Has Had Meaning, With The Friendships Full And Valuable And Essential To Me. My Children, Steve, Leslie, And Sam, Are All Different-all First-rate Human Beings With High Standards-whom I Completely And Unequivocally Adore-don't Always Agree With-but Always Admire And Respect. They All Have Wit And A Sense Of Humor And, Thank God, I Have Hung On To Mine.

You Spend A Good Part Of Your Adult Life Acquiring Things: Building A Home, Filling It With Objects That Please Your Eye And Make You Feel Comfortable. Then You Spend The Last Part Of Your Life Trying To Figure Out How To Get Rid Of It All.

I Always Thought I Had Crooked Eyebrows And Crooked Teeth. That's Why I Never Understood Why People Called Me A Beauty.

[katharine Hepburn] Was Much Stronger, Much More Opinionated Than I Am Or Ever Was, And It Was Considered Attractive On Her. But Not On Me. I Don't Know. Maybe Her Bryn Mawr Accent Was More Appealing Than Mine.

I Am Essentially A Loner.