"My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her."

"I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent."

"If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them."

"It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged."

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

"I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian."

"My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys."

"I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school."