“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.”

“It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.”

“Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.”

“If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.”

“One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.”

“The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.”

“I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.”