I've had a man and I've had a woman, and there's got to be something better.

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

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

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.

In the theater lying is looked upon as an occupational disease.

[On being asked in her later years if she were Tallulah:] I'm what's left of her, dahling.

It's unlikely I'll ever submit to a psychiatrist's couch. I don't want some stranger prowling around through my psyche, monkeying with my id. I don't need an analyst to tell me that I have never had any sense of security. Who has?