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.

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

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

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

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

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

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