I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.

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.

Your fangs aren't as sharp as your tongue.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

Art is so often better at theology than theology is.

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.

Violence is the repartee of the illiterate.

The most important thing is to have fun.

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

I don't mind being called a weirdo.

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

Frustration is a function of our expectations.