My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine.

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.

All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.

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

Do you know what my ambition is in life? To be without ambition. As far back as I can remember I've been absolutely hag-ridden. I'd like to attain the state of mind that the Indians call Nirvana. That, for me, would happen if I were free of ambition.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.