“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”

A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it’s no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.

The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.

I am not a myth.

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.

How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet – it’s gone.

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.

A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.

I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.

Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

You can not define being exactly on time.

Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.

All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.