Liv Ullmann

Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she dated for five years. She acted in many of his films, including Persona (1966), Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), The Passion of Anna (1969), and Autumn Sonata (1978).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf

• Loneliness beside the swimming pool and in their big new house with hardly any furniture.
  • "Norway" (p. 17); paraphrased: "Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool."

• Nothing ever comes to an end. Wherever one has sunk roots that emanate from one’s best or truest self, one will always find a home. To return is not to revisit something that has failed. I can walk along the old paths without bitterness that other feet are now taking pleasure in them.
  • "Norway" (p. 106)

• To be a woman is to have the same needs and longings as a man.
  We need love and we wish to give it.
  If only we all could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex. Whatever the life we have chosen to live.
  • "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (p. 160)

• The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.
  • "Masks" (p. 198)