"I am not a victim of emotional conflicts, I am a victim of the fact that I am a woman."

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

"I'm not a quitter. I'm a fighter."

"I used to get so lonely that I'd just walk out of the house and go to a party. I didn't care who it was. I just wanted to be around people."

"I was brought up differently from the average American child. Because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy. She had to teach herself how to be happy."