Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame.

I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.

Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'

This is a great shame, but of course there have to be some things in life that not everybody can have, and great perfume is one of them.

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

Don't you loathe the word "workaholic"? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out!

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.