I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing.

If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead.

For my Vienna is as different from what they call Vienna now as the quick is different from the dead.

I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.

I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series.

My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, 'My, the man play that guitar nice.'

My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.