Talent's like a baby. Wrap it up in wool and it goes to sleep..

I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them..

My last picture for Warners was Romance on the High Seas. It was Doris Day's first picture; that was before she became a virgin..

When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen..

Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one..

In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great..

I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away..

I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy..

I never watch the Dinah Shore show- I'm a diabetic..

When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion..

I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good..

[Madame Nhu was] the Sandra Dee of South Vietnam. If I were cast on a desert island with her, I would quickly make friends with the natives..

Schizophrenia beats dining alone..

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients..

Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision..

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on..

My psychiatrist once said to me, 'Maybe life isn't for everyone'..

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line..

Ballet is the fairies' baseball..

It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts..

When I appeared before the draft board examiner during World War II, he asked me if I thought I could kill. "I don't know about strangers," I replied….