Dionne Warwick Quotes

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.

I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very honest person.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

In my industry, everybody wants to know everything about you, and it's just dumb. I think the only way of maintaining some of that mystique is by not giving away too much about yourself. It has served me well so far. I never want to feel up for grabs.

It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life.

I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.

I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.

I'm always really surprised by people who are comfortable revealing all of their secrets on TV or in a magazine. It's actually quite shocking to me.

I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.

I said all along I would not sell my story. I don't think it would be right.

Now, boys, let me tell you something. Sometimes you may see me coming out of a room in the White House with a woman. You just remember that it is none of your business.

Personal life? I'd like to keep it private.

I never really endeavored to hide anything. But there were times I chose not to relegate my history to the back page of a magazine, which to me is sort of akin to putting your biography on a bathroom wall.

There's no need to go out in public and give explanations. As long as you know what's going on between two different individuals and what kind of relationship they share, I don't feel that the world really needs to know about it.

I am very clear about keeping my professional and personal lives separate. I don't want to talk about certain things, and that's the way I am.

I don't go to journalists' houses and start dishing about anything private.

I think you can tell stories and give perspectives and yet still keep stuff for yourself, too. I keep a lot of my life private, even in a public forum like writing.

I never go public with my personal life.

In the past, if I was in the middle of a situation involving my personal life, I was always keeping it to me and my family. I wasn't explaining or telling the fans what was going on because they don't need to know.