[On being asked in her later years if she were Tallulah:] I'm what's left of her, dahling.

Going down on a woman gives me a stiff neck, going down on a man gives me lockjaw and conventional sex gives me claustrophobia.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Of course cocaine is not adictive, darling. I should know, I've been doing it for years.

I'm not at my best when I moralize or philosophize. Logic is elusive, especially to one who so rarely uses it.

There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling.

I have three phobias ...: I hate going to bed, get up and hate hate being alone.