There’s nothing as real as money.

I am a critic – as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.

I’ve been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.

And Kate Hepburn-God, she’s beautiful, God, she plays golf well, God, she can get anyone in the world on the phone, God, she knows what to do all the time, God, she wears clothes well.

Remind me to tell you about the time I looked into the heart of an artichoke.

Please don’t look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary.

The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn’t.

The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.

There is no such thing as realistic dialogue. If you [simply recorded] the real conversation of any people and played it back from the stage, it would be impossible to listen to. It would be redundant . . . . The good dialogue writer is the one who can give you the impression of real speech.

Funny business, a woman's career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. It's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted.