I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.

I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.

When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.

Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.

It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.

I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values

Elizabeth Taylor is not beautiful, she is pretty—I was beautiful.

What I'd really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

I don't mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I'll go-- cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.

Nothing is whole, not for too damned long. The world is half night.

I don’t know any writers who don’t drink.

I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I am very interested in that.

Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.

True followers of Christ emulate Christ—true followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.

Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.

Five years ago, I wasn't getting questions [about blogs and the internet] from the TV/radio critic of the New York Times.

If a religious person says "No, no, no" and they won't listen to science, it makes me think that they don't have faith in their own religion.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.