Lauren Bacall

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.