"I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was."

"I don't know if I want to be a big star though."

"College kids, don't be taking examples from me."

"When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there."

"The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another woman's fella. Boy, I really was terrific at obeying that rule, wasn't I?"

"I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers."

"The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power."

"The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways."