I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.

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They used to shoot her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum.

They used to shoot her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum.

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

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

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

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.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

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...

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

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

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

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

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

(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...

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

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

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'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.