Quotes from Diahann Carroll

I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.

I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together.

I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior.

I like to think I opened doors for other women, although that wasn't my original intention.

As soon as my mother saw my father, she said, "Oh! I think I'm gonna marry that man." That's the reason I've been married four times, because I think it's that easy ... it really is not.

I think if you work in television everyday, and you must be privy to everything happening in television, then do so.