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.

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.

A frozen daiquiri of a scorching afternoon is soothing. It makes living more tolerable.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

Wracked with a hangover I do my muttering over a Black Velvet, a union of champagne and stout. Don't be swindled into believing there's any cure for a hangover. I've tried them all: iced tomatoes, hot clam juice, brandy peaches. Like the common cold it defies solution. Time alone can stay it. The hair of the dog? That way lies folly. It's as logical as trying to put out a fire with applications of kerosene.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

Acting is a form of confession.