Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.

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?

You have a calling, but this does not mean that you must start your ministry immediately

In the midst of compassion, we find ourselves. We discover our true purpose.

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.

I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.

The night is my best friend. It calms the storm in my soul and it lets the guiding stars rise.

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

To be a nutritionist in France, you must be a doctor, seven years studies, and then three more years in nutrition.

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.

Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love.

The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.