I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

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

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

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.

All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.

I think the Republican party should be placed in drydock and have the barnacles scraped off its bottom.