Barbra Streisand

I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'

I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.

My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful.

There is nothing more important in life than love.

I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.

Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.