I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contracts."

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

"To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those of us who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman."

"Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered -- and I still do -- which is more important."

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.