Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.

The 1930s Hollywood was capable of hurting me so much. The things about Hollywood that could hurt me (when I first came) can't touch me now. I suddenly decided that they shouldn't hurt me - that was all.

Dammit, don't you dare ask God to help me!

If you throw a lamb chop in the oven, what's to keep it from getting done?

Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.

I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.