Margaret Truman

“I have been brought up with the idea that you should be able to do everything.”

“It's a great advantage to be a President's daughter. It's also a great disadvantage.”

“Only in America can a bus driver's daughter be a President's daughter.”

“I have a notion that if you are going to be a star, you have to be a star in your own right, not because you're the daughter of a star.”

“My father was not a failure. He was the greatest President this country has ever had.”

“I do not want to trade on my father's name.”

“I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, but I'm a good storyteller.”

“I think the most important thing that I've learned is that you have to be yourself.”

“Washington is a very gossipy town.”

“I had a very happy childhood, and I don't think it was because I was the president's daughter.”