Since I've made it to 87 so far, obviously my two kids and my seven grandchildren haven't been too hard on me. On the other hand, the fact that I have an unlisted phone number and move a lot might have something to do with it.

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.

Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

I thought to myself, 'why not write a bestseller?' In the first place, more people buy them and more people read them. You make more money and it doesn’t take any more time to write a bestseller than it does to write a book nobody buys.

What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.