Actors are as anxious about the state of audiences as aviators are over weather conditions.

An actress' best friend is a body which responds instinctively to thought.

Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

A flair for publicity does not necessarily mean a flair for acting.

Let us have wine and woman mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda-water the day after.

Faith in yourself and faith in God are the key to mastery of fear.

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

I stick to playing Brahms, but I love listening to Led Zeppelin, and I've also been a big fan of Earth Wind and Fire since the Seventies and of The Gap Band since the Eighties.

Carry your most important goal in your wallet".

I scowled defensively. "My conversations don't usually include the subject of erections." "Too bad," he said. "All the best conversations do.

My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.

Every woman who writes is a survivor.

No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.