It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

There's always something fishy about the French.

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.

The principal component in any genuine friendship is caring, not competition.

The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.

Unconditional love is our birthright!

There is no time like Spring When life's alive in everything, Before new nestlings sing, Before cleft swallows speed their journey back Along the trackless track.

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness.

I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do

They know how to play well but they do not know how to go through a whole tournament. We have been there and done it. They haven't.

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

As we rose over the rooftops I caught my breath-well, if you can catch your breath underwater.