Quotes By Diane Keaton

My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life.

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

My old boyfriend, Warren Beatty, used to say I was a late developer,' she reflects. 'He was right. It took me 50 years to find motherhood and unconditional love.'

As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.

I said I would never go to a psychiatrist, and I spent much of my life in psychoanalysis.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective.

Relationships are hard. You're lucky if you find someone.

I don't carry little purses. I carry big duffels, always.

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

I'm not a wine connoisseur, but I do like a glass or two at night.

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled.

My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.

I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from.

I am absolutely intrigued by life, and I really want to hold onto it.

It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well.

I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

I'm a lot of fun on a date.

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

I drink red wine on ice to water it down.

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.

I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my past.

I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.

Because too much of my life was spent waiting to be seen. Hoping to be seen, hoping to be picked. Once you realize that you aren't looked at that way any more, other things start to happen and you have to depend on other things to get by.

My thinking about plastic surgery is this. I haven't had it, but never say never. Because when you do, you are definitely going to go there.

As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.