To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor to be given the chance to create is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

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.

Tact is an ability to live in the midst of ugliness without getting ugly.

We are not just a piece of meat which was born like an animal

Forgiveness is local.

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

I can act... I do a little writing as well. And I'm good at typing. I'm a creative typist, actually.

The first twelve years are the hardest.

For the value of everything exists for man only so long as he does not understand it. When he has fully understood, the value is lost, be it the lowest thing or the highest thing.

A big mirror to exercise in front of is essential.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.