“It's true," she said. "Sometimes I do pretend I am a princess. I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one.”
“I pretend I am a princess,so that I can try and behave like one.”
“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
“I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.”
“In short, I am amenable to criticism, but only within the sphere of what I am trying to do; I will not pretend to do otherwise.”
“It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it.”