Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

• Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
• A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
• My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.
• It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
• I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
• I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.
• I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
• Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
• I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.
• Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.