Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.

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.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.

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

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

I'm not childless, darling. I am childfree.