Katharine Hepburn

"I don't believe in following anyone else's rules or formulas."

"People often think of intelligence as dry, abstract logic. It's actually richer, warmer, and more playful."

"I believe that you should pay your way as you go through life."

"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got."

"I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible."

"I won't be a rock in a stream. I want to be the stream."

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how."

"Entertainment is not a bad thing, it's just a release of tension."

"Trying to be a man is like being a broken record that keeps saying the same thing."

"I just want to be wonderful to be around."

"The truth is the only thing worth having."

"I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe in science."

"You have to keep acting, keep testing your mind and your body."

"What the world really wants is reality, not fiction."

"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd."

"I'm a risk taker by nature, but I do it with preparation."

"Enemies are so stimulating."

"I never apologize for the truth."

"A woman must have money and a room of her own."

"Playing Shakespeare is like driving a very old car. You have to be so careful."

"You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive."

"I want to spend my life making films that touch people's hearts and minds."

"Self-respect is something that can't be given to you. You have to earn it."

"I find myself most energized when I'm talking to someone brilliant."

"The important thing is the movement forward."

"I've heard all the arguments for not doing things, and I'm not convinced by any of them."

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other."

"I believe that you should be your best self in any profession."

"Life is not one thing after another. It's one thing until you've got it right."

"I'm an optimist. I believe in the possibility of positive outcomes."