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.

I've had a man and I've had a woman, and there's got to be something better.

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

Do you know what my ambition is in life? To be without ambition. As far back as I can remember I've been absolutely hag-ridden. I'd like to attain the state of mind that the Indians call Nirvana. That, for me, would happen if I were free of ambition.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

Say anything about me, darling, as long as it isn't boring.

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