"Women being pitted each other another in Hollywood is an old tactic, but it’s not real at all." ― Shirley MacLaine Topic(s): Women More From Shirley MacLaine "I’ve gotten crankier in my old age." "I never would have given up my work to stay home." "Things are done according to money these days." More In Women "I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends, and my own best friends’ mothers, and from surrogates, many of whom were not women at all but gay men. I have loved them my entire life, even after their passing."― Anne Lamott "When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe."― Kathie Lee Gifford "Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can’t. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women."― Erica Jong