My God, I'm four hundred years old and the most I can do is look three hundred.

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?

In this world, you only get what you grab for.

That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra.

I want to spit in the face of these badlands.

Great rogues hang the little ones.

Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.

Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class.

Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils.

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's beloved.

In times of trouble you can count on your self. In times of disaster you can count on your friends. In times of sorrow you can count on your Father.