Do you know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.'

It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.

Attempt the impossible to improve your work.

I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.

If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.

There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

The secret of marriage is separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.

I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.

Your luck is how you treat people.

Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.

One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.

There's only one way to work -- like hell.

You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.

I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.

If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.