I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

it's difficult in Hollywood to be allowed to try anything. It's all a terrible compromise. There is no time for art. All that matters is what they call box office.

Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.

[When asked if she believed in "women's lib":] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.

It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

I never met a man I could marry.