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

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

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.

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.