I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room

I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

It is said that people learn to hate each other because of little things ... not big ones. I know I have always learned to love because of little things ... I'm not at all sure that there are any big ones.

Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits