[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.

Of course cocaine is not adictive, darling. I should know, I've been doing it for years.

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

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

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

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

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.