I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous

The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination.

Everything I desire is within me.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

It's a good news - bad news type of situation. The good news is that we won; the bad news is that my average is 9.00.

Shocking is easy. Shockingly brilliant, a bit more challenging.

I was always involved in low level motor clubs, competitions and with the Vintage Auto Association, and I believe this really helped me on my way.

I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa.

To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do.

The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.