I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.
I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.
I’ve been married too many times. How terrible to change children’s affiliations, their affections – to give them the insecurity of placing their trust in someone when maybe that someone won’t be there next year.
There’s no deodorant like success.
Many in Hollywood viewed the public persona of the young Debbie Reynolds as demure and vulnerable to be a complete facade. Pianist Oscar Levant once quipped, “She’s as wistful as an iron factory.”
This is a book that respects kids and their ideas. And in that regard, it places Chasing Vermeer in the tradition of classic favorites fondly recalled from our own childhoods.
When you’re older, you’ll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.
Marriage is a great institution.
The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.
Without homosexuals there’d be no Hollywood.
I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun.
On Mother’s Day: It’s just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.
I really don’t remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
Oh, I love red. I’m very loyal to my colors. I love violet.
Why shouldn’t gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn’t always work!
On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.
All I see in the mirror every morning is a face that needs washing.
I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim?
I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.
It’s not the having, it’s the getting.