I'm as pure as the driven slush.

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

[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.

No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.

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

I have been tight as a tick! Fried as a mink! Stiff as a goat!

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