Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.

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.

I trust life and live deep bliss and comfort in each moment.

Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly

Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.

Standards are like toothbrushes. Everybody wants one but nobody wants to use anybody else’s.

The courageous conversation is the one you don't want to have.

Beaujolais is so underrated.

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

I want to see a revolution of kindness, because what happens is, when you're kind and you give, it's infectious. You give one time, and it's a great feeling and you want to do it again and again.

An imprudent enemy is less dangerous than an imprudent friend.

If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.