Diane Keaton

“I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.”

“I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.”

“What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective.”

“As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.”

“As he stared into the ocean, he must have tossed a lifetime of apologies into its silence. Maybe he thought the tide would wash his troubles away.”

“I'm a lot of fun on a date.”

“Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.”

“Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.”

“I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled.”

“I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my past.”

“My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life.”

“My old boyfriend, Warren Beatty, used to say I was a late developer,' she reflects. 'He was right. It took me 50 years to find motherhood and unconditional love.'”

“...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do.”

“A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.”

“I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.”

“As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.”

“My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.”

“My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.”

“I don't carry little purses. I carry big duffels, always.”

“I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from.”