I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.

The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.

That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

I believe in sending a lot of letters and notes to friends.

I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.

I have never liked bargains when it came to sex.

Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

Men are fine, love is fine, it's a marriage I'm a little disappointed in.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend to pack in quite a lot more.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires me.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

The analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

I was madly in love with life.

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.