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

- Diane Keaton

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.'

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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.

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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

- Diane Keaton

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.

- Diane Keaton

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.

- Diane Keaton