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

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I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick...

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...

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

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...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

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...

There is less in this than meets the eye.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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