"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year."

"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

"This became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

"From the age of six, I have known that I was sexy. And let me tell you it has been hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."

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

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

"Love is to man an embarrassment, even a word; it is to a woman an excuse for existence, especially the word."

"Man is more ape than many of the apes."

"Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected."

"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it."

"One of a hostess's duties is to act as procuress."

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain."