What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.

I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil.

You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.'

People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!