A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.

I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.

A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick up a steak, lamb chops or some liver, which I broil in the electric oven in my room. I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.