People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.
Success is a great deodorant.
Big girls need big diamonds.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.
I’ve been married too many times. How terrible to change children’s affiliations, their affections – to give them the insecurity of placing their trust in someone when maybe that someone won’t be there next year.
So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
I really don’t remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.

If someone’s dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I’m certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.
Marriage is a great institution.
I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.
I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.