After my screen test the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled "She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!"

I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.

When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.

Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.

It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.

I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values

Elizabeth Taylor is not beautiful, she is pretty—I was beautiful.

What I'd really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

I don't mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I'll go-- cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.

You are the point of origin for everything in your world: you set the standard for yourself.

You will never be able to go to the east if you follow people who are on the way that leads to the west.

Everyone is a business person. You must be in the business of managing your time. Managing your time means managing your life. Good time managers are good life managers, and vice versa.

I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.

It is wise to consider a matter carefully before jumping in carelessly.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.

The range of debate between the dominant U.S. [political] parties tends to closely resemble the range of debate within the business class.

If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.

If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn a week longer than the whole world.