I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be…

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

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

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...

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

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...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

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...

There is less in this than meets the eye.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

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

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

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...

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...

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

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

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