Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg.

Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?

If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.

I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.

I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.

I got rid of all those reporters.

Strange, how death had a way of turning a table upside down in an instant. It swept away all the dust that covered treasures, blew the fog from one’s view, knockedaway facades.

Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.

I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.

American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.

I get up because there is just so much out there and you just don't know what's going to happen, that's the great thing.

I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure that everybody understands this.