People are not like a business. You can’t buy and sell them like so much property. You can’t lock them up in a vault and expect them to appreciate it.

Hemingway was a jerk.

There's something luxurious about having a girl light your cigarette. In fact, I got married once on account of that.

The Carpetbaggers was the first big money I made. Money gave me a lot of freedom, but no matter how much you make there's always somebody chasing your ass for more.

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.

Sex got me into trouble from the age of fifteen: I'm hoping that by the time I'm seventy I'll straighten it out.

I've always found it much more dangerous to fool with a man's mistress than his wife.