I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.

Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood's Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town. I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anyone as utterly mean as Marilyn Monroe. Nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.