In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.

[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.

I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

Never darken my Dior again!

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.