Joan Crawford

"Nature reminds us of what really matters."

"Art is how we express the inexpressible."

"You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret."

"I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I am, I owe to the dollar."

"If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm."

"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance."

"I've always liked men better than women."

"I am my mother's daughter. She was a tough woman, and I am tough too."

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby."

"You must remember always to give, of yourself."

"I never go out unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star."

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."

"I think that's what pictures are for. You go, and you sit in the dark, and for two hours you believe that it's true."

"My mother told me I would always be a star, but I laughed it off as a mother's bias."

"The woman who doesn't control her man is just as much at fault as he is."

"Life is too short to be bored."

"I've worked hard to be where I am. Nobody gave me anything."

"A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes."

"I never trust a man who hasn't suffered."

"I detest insincerity. I would rather have someone call me a fool to my face than betray me."

"Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being."

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person doing it."

"I've always believed that one woman should be enough for any man."

"I live like a man and think like a man and act like a man. Is that so terrible?"

"Fear is the biggest killer in the world. When you are afraid, you cannot think."

"Everything I've achieved, I've done on my own terms."

"You can't make everyone happy. You're not a pizza."

"I believe in giving back. Success means nothing if you cannot help others."

"A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up."

"I demand perfection because I believe we're capable of it."