"The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House."

"One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"

"Actually, depravity can be terribly boring if you don't smoke or drink."

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."