Quotes from Mary Tyler Moore

My peripheral vision has been severely limited because of my diabetes, which means I can see just fine looking straight ahead. But if I am at a function with lots of people, I am constantly bumping into people - even kicking them!

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky.

I can't eat pure sugar. I can't have candy.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow.

There's one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.

Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.

And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system.

No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard.

What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood.

I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.

Worrying is a necessary part of life.

Three things have helped me successfully go through the ordeals of life -- an understanding husband, a good analyst and millions of dollars.

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically, what you see is who I am. I'm independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for the good side of life and people. I'm positive, I'm disciplined, I like my life in order, and I'm neat as a pin.

I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted.

I've had problems with my eyes, and my legs hurt if I walk a great deal. That's due to very bad circulation. It's called claudication, and it's painful. So I have to stop if I'm walking, and pretending I'm looking in the window, so that I can rest them a little bit and then start off again.

I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person.