A woman's a woman until the day she dies, but a man's only a man as long as he can.

Acting is not very hard. The most important things are to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. And if I have to laugh, well, I think of my sex life.

The old complaint that mass culture is designed for eleven-year-olds is of course a shameful canard. The key age has traditionally been more like fourteen.

Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

I knew her before she was a virgin.

That Xanthippe's husband should have become so great a philosopher is remarkable. Amid all the scolding, to be able to think! But he could not write: that was impossible. Socrates has not left us a single book.

Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.