If I were well behaved, I'd die of boredom.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'

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

For acting, darlings, is the world's most perilous trade. Compared with actors, steeple jacks and deep-sea divers lead snug and placid lives.

If I were well behaved, I'd die of boredom.

[To the man who came up to her at a party and exclaimed effusively, 'Tallulah! I haven't seen you for 41 years!':] I thought I told you to wait in the car.

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