Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

Getting old is not for sissies.

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

Absolute perfection is insidious.

The freedom he gave himself to work and change shape and change ideas and work all the time with joy, the joy of painting was in [Publo] Picasso, which I found beautiful.

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.

When the star dies, Its eye closes; tired of watching, It flies back to its first bright dream.

Im shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I wont sit on a toilet seat on a plane. Im certainly not going to go on somebodys lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?

Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.

I wish my Google was faster.

Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.