I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.

Bette [Davis] and I are good friends. There's nothing I wouldn't say to her face - both of them.

Drink reacts on its practitioners in conflicting ways. One brave can knock off a quart of Scotch and look and act as sober as Herbert Hoover. Another, after three Martinis, makes two-cushion carroms off the chaise lounge as he attempts to negotiate the bathroom.

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

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.