People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.

You can’t change the music of your soul.

My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're the best.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.