Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.

There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity, empathy, awareness ... but a bad temper takes too much out of you and doesn't really accomplish anything.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.