Katharine Hepburn

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract.

When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.

I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.

I've made forty-three pictures. Naturally I'm adorable in all of them.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.

I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself... but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets.

I don't believe in religion. I believe the example of Christ. I believe in the example of a perfect human being that if you can live for other people away from yourself you will be happy. If you live for yourself you will be unhappy and then you will not be able to sleep or do anything else... finally. I think insofar, and I really believe this, insofar as people do live with the other fellow [God] in mind, they have to be happy you know? Because it raises you up.

Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.

I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.

I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.

I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.

I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.