“I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!”

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

The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.

As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.

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

I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.

Pray to God and say the lines.

What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.

The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin

Success only breeds a new goal

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

I’ve lost my faith in science.

If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.

He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you are happy, you can see your dog smiling and when you are sad, your cat cries.

You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Every day I grapple between ‘I’m going to get married’ and ‘I’m going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.’

Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable

You can teach an old dog new tricks. You just don’t want to see the dog doing them.

Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole.