Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you're called very, very difficult you're really nobody at all.

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.

How can one bargain for anything that is worth while? And what else is worth bargaining for?

There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.

There's definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you're so eclectic.

Between the head and feet of any given person is a billion miles of unexplored wilderness.

I've always been very bonded to animals - more so than most people. (laughs) I don't think that they can defend themselves, so we have to help them.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

Thinking... is no more and no less an organ of perception than the eye or ear. Just as the eye perceives colours and the ear sounds, so thinking perceives ideas

The world cares little for principles. They care for persons.

If someone wants to open this Pandora's box and deal with it, all right, go for it then.

A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.