“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.”

Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.

You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.

The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.

It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.

I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.

I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.

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

The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.

You have to have trust in someone you’re working with; otherwise, you’re not gonna come out with something that’s really you.

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

I’m in love with love and totally believe in marriage, but that’s not even on my radar right now. I am not putting energy into dating.

Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.

I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie

Everyone deserves to believe they are beautiful.