I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.
It’s a bore – B-O-R-E – when you find you’ve begun to rot.
To be loved is very demoralizing.
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
Life’s what’s important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy – and then death.
There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same – scandal.
Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.
My greatest strength is common sense. I’m really a standard brand – like Campbell’s tomato soup or Baker’s chocolate.
The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower – suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.
I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn’t do what I wanted, I’d kill him.
I have loved and been in love. There’s a big difference.
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
It’s life isn’t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.
It’s a business you go into because your an egocentric. It’s a very embarrassing profession.
When I started out, I didn’t have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.