Ours was a small, close-knit family. Just we three girls—Mother, my sister Dorothy and me. Our world was…
Long before I ever made the movie True Grit, people would talk about my screen characters in terms…
The old man asked, “Are you feeling better now, Johnny?” I’d been lying there a long time, staring…
When I went home to the little country town of Sylacauga, Alabama, after my dad’s death, I found…
Today I am known for my voice as much as for my acting. It has been my good…
It sometimes takes cold, black disaster to inspire one to achieve the heights of success. But for my…
The rain beat relentlessly against the windshield as we sped down the highway to Mercer. Pennsylvania. Mother sat…
In 1908 Hachiro Yuasa, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, said goodbye to his parents and sailed for the United…
Six years ago I discovered that the test of my convictions was how much I would be willing…
Many of us, I think, can look back and recall certain specific moments in our lives that take…
Some people spend a good share of their lives planning for retirement, but the idea has never appealed…
All my life I’ve flown planes: as a World War II fighter pilot, as the first test pilot…
