[On why she wouldn`t work with Orson Welles] "I can`t win working with Welles. If the picture`s a huge hit he`ll get the credit, and if it`s a flop, I`ll be blamed."

Marvelous girl. Crazy as a bedbug. - Howard Hawks

"I think marriage is dangerous. The idea of two people trying to possess each other is wrong. I don`t think the flare of love lasts. Your mind rather than your emotions must answer for the success of matrimony. It must be friendship -- a calm companionship which can last through the years."

Of the concept of God: "I don`t seem to get solemn about it, and some people might not understand. That`s why I never talk about it. I think it`s all here -- in the mountains and the desert. I don`t think God is a softie, either. In the end, it`s better if people are forced back into -- well -- into being right, before they`re too far gone. I think your temple is your everyday living."

"Bill Powell is the only intelligent actor I`ve ever met."

"I`ve lived by a man`s code designed to fit a man`s world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman`s first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick."