Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.