Judaism had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time.

You can always avert throwing yourself in front of an oncoming train. There is something that just pulls you away - and it has pulled me away, because I'm not dead yet - just at the brink of impact. Sometimes I have been really grazed by that train.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.

The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

My forties are the best time I have ever gone through.

Success is a great deodorant.