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All Quotes by author - Diane Keaton

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I drink red wine on ice to water it down. "

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

" I'm a lot of fun on a date. "

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

" I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It's not fun to see myself in the mirror. "

" 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. "

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

" I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself. "

" Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it. "

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

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

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

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

" 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.' "

Unconditional Love

" 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. "

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

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