Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

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.

Silence is the song of eternity

Violent overthrow of the revolution is revolutionary, and compromise with the revolution is revolutionary.

Hear more than people say.Give more than people ask.Do more than people expect.Achieve more than people imagine.

A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.

To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.

Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole.

It's important to be honest with and respectful of each other and deal with issues as they arrive, as opposed to letting them simmer.

For, whom the Muses smile upon, And touch with soft persuasion, His words like a storm-wind can bring Terror and beauty on their wing; In his every syllable Lurketh nature veritable.

The body is not hidden from the soul, nor is the soul hidden from the body, and yet the soul is not for everyone to see.

When I go home to visit, they never treat me like a celebrity. They still treat me like TJ. If I leave dishes in the sink, they'll let me know.