I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?

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?

This book is a story, and like all stories, it should be taken with a grain of salt.

Each one of us is a creator. And together, we are The Creator.

Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction they bestow

What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?

What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.

In the light we can see what is and what is not. We know what is right and what is inappropriate.

You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.

There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.

I've been the head of the photography program at Bard College for over 30 years, and I take that as seriously as I do my photography. My time is devoted to that too.

If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the things God made boats for- to wait in.