What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.

It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

Getting old is not for sissies.

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

The problem with taxation is that authors can't write off whiskey as a business expense.

Life is an adventurous ride in a train we call time.

To place your horse's need for you to let him leave his failing body above your need to keep him with you - that - is the greatest and purest love.

The Prohibition era is so vividly depicted in Lawless. John Hillcoat does a remarkable job of rooting his film in such a tangible reality.

There are a lot of movies I feel good about. It was a great experience that I was lucky enough to be there in it. That's the way I feel.

Clearly, Im drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

After struggling for a long time I started to live out my dreams.

I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.

There is no paradox. There is only irony.

Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.