“I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.”

Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.

In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn’t have to.

In the theater, I’ve found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles.

[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!

I’ll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense – adapting one-self to circumstances – and a sense of humor.

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.

Never darken my Dior again!

The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.

The interesting thing about movies, it’s not always – y’know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

If you can’t dress expensive, dress memorable.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

I grew up in that age, and it was memorable. But I’m down with all of it. Chuck D or Danny Brown? I feel comfortable with all of them. Word up, kid! Word up, man!

When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.

Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.

I think dates considered super corny and cheesy – whether it’s going bowling or miniature golf or something where you can be competitive and just have fun with each other – those always make the most memorable dates!