it is better to be happy alone than to be miserable with someone else

I could have loved you once And said it But then you went away And when you came back Love was a forgotten word, Remember?

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Everyone’s childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don’t know if I’m just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself — or maybe for the first time connecting with reality. How do we know the pain or another’s earlier years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a lot of leeway is needed for the other — yet how much is unhealthy for one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept — as much as one can bear.

I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over.

Everybody says I can't act. They said the same thing about Elizabeth Taylor. And they were wrong. She was great in A Place in the Sun. I'll never get the right part, anything I really want. My looks are against me. They're too specific.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.