Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.

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.

He seemed like he was baiting me to ask, like he wanted me to know his troubles but wanted me to ask first.

I envythe cup of coffeethat getsto kissyour sleepy lipsawakeevery cold andbitter morning.

Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost.

On offense, you can fumble and they still talk about you.

writers do not choose their subjects; their subjects choose them.

There is a tendency of the American people to give those who are elected an opportunity to carry out their policies and programs.

I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.

You can't love music without loving the Beatles.

There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.

It's exciting to, uh, it's very exciting to know that doors have a possibility of opening to certain situations.