One mistake with beginners in writing is, that they think it important to spin out something long. It is a great deal better not to write more than a page or two, unless you have...

In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn’t get that job unless you were really worth it.

I’m not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it’s something I really need to know.

People will have an altered idea of who you are unless they really take time to get to know you, which of course they don’t. They just get what they see, and they take that...

Asthma doesn’t seem to bother me any more unless I’m around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.

Kids would never care about going to school unless your mama and daddy instilled into your head and explained to you that you need this thing to live.