I'd like to think every director I've worked with has fallen in love with me, I know Dorothy Arzner did.

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.

Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.

Be afraid of nothing.

[To the mother of two unruly children in a restaurant after the woman said she really didn't know what to do with her children:] Have you tried infanticide?

A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea

You are way awesome than you think you are. Don't forget about your awesomeness today

Life is always sweet on the positive lane, but you must give it a try and a try and a try for however long it would take to find out.

Each attraction, limited as it may appear to be, is a cosmic happening-it occurs within the broader pattern of things, within the endlessly complex structure which underlies our lives.

A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood

If a guy drew a charge on me, I tried to kick him in the balls.

I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy.

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

Take a saint, and put him into any condition, and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord.