There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.

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.

Fragments are the only forms I trust.

The human race is a scummy thing, and so is Earth, and so are you.

I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.

We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.

It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as art does.

There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.

In some ways, I'm relieved that I didn't have a son.

See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.

I need to write to be happy.

A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.