I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.

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

Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

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.'