“He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.”

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?

If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone

Time is the stuff of which life is made.

The time to make up your mind about people is never.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.

Listen to the song of life.

I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.

To be loved is very demoralizing.

I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.

Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.

I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.

Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.

People are afraid of shadows. People are even more afraid of being in the shadow. But without a shadow, life will be two dimensional.

When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you’re living a less performed life.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.