Helen Hayes

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.