The following is an excerpt from "I Said Yes to Everything," the new memoir by Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning actress Lee Grant. Once, when I was little, I dreamed that I could fly.

Key quotes: “When Joséphine called me saying, ‘I’m going to do my first movie. Do you want to be my mother?’ I didn’t read the script. I said ‘yes.’ And then I read the script, ...

What if, instead of constantly saying no, I gave myself a day off from adulting and said yes instead? I had been toying with the idea for months, but I didn't actually work up the nerve to try ...

I said, “Yes.” I’ll be honest, I am not sure if an emergency truly happened what I would do. Should I have asked to be moved or just pray that nothing happened and enjoy the extra space?

“She proposed to me, and I said ‘yes’ instantly,” he told the outlet. Ora proposed to the filmmaker during their vacation in Palm Springs last summer, just weeks before the pair tied the ...