Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be...

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it...

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors...

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors...

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.