It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.

You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.

I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.

You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.

I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.