“John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.”

“Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.”

“My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.”

“Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman.”

“God has a most wicked sense of humor.”

“I began to rationalize marrying Will[iam Houston Price]. 'He comes from a good family. A girl could do worse.' (As it turned out, I couldn't, but I didn't know that yet)”

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.”

“Ultimately, we are all dead men - we only become born again after we have discovered our purpose, a reason to live.”

“In the mirror we see a stranger,Not the person we were born to be,For we are all pretending,Just for everyone to see.”

“My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.”

“Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.”

“Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.”