There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

It's a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It's all very sad but it's much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.

I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.

You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

As a female I think it's a terrible hindrance in business. I think it's a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it's even worse because there's deep resentment.