112 Quotes by Diane Keaton

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 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.

Thanksgiving isn’t the only thing that has changed. This makes it reassuring somehow to go through the same ritual with the people you’re connected to. I guess the truth is, it all boils down to family. Right?

The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn’t bring happiness.

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

I hadn’t been that impressed with someone since I worked with Meryl Streep.

Being a movie star is a rare job. Nobody gives you any guarantees that you’ll get to do it forever. It’s a very lucky and privileged position to be in.

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

Babies laugh three thousand times a day. Adults twenty, if we’re lucky.