“As you get older, your tastes get simpler. I like a sleek evening dress with a pair of big earrings. That's all.”

“Don't get mad. Get everything!”

“Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.”

“For example, if I make money, I put it in real estate. I always did very well. Location, location, location.”

“For many years I enjoyed the pleasure of cruising on my yacht all summer long and these were my best holidays. In mid-May, we'd start in St Tropez. I'd collect my bikinis from my home there and then we'd go up to Cannes for the Film Festival, on to Monte Carlo for the Grand Prix and then to Italy.”

“Generally, I think America is America. America has been through suffering like other countries, but America will come up. I have no doubt. It's just going to bounce. You know, you have ups and downs.”

“Gorgeous hair is the best revenge.”

“I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.”

“I can ski backwards on one ski. And foldblinded!”

“I feel young at heart, and I feel, like, you know, 40.”

“I have good legs, and why to hide them?”

“I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent. Forget about it.”

“I make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill.”

“I tell you, if I'm going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there's no way an older man can keep up with me.”

“I want great food and wine, and friends to enjoy it all.”

“I wear black all the time.”

“I'm young at heart and dress accordingly.”

“In Positano, I like the San Pietro Hotel, which is run by a friend whose family has owned the hotel for more than 100 years.”

“Life is life, so try to enjoy it. You only have one life.”

“Looking good is the best revenge.”

“New York City is a very tough place. I'm tough, too. When people give me a punch in the nose, I react by getting even tougher.”

“There are three things in life I really don't like: Rice pudding. Social climbers - you know, hang-ons! And the photo shoot!”

“There's nothing my housekeeper does that I can't do - and maybe better!”

“Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal.”

“When I was doing poorly at school, my father yanked me out and got me a job in a shoe factory. After three weeks, I begged him to give me another chance at doing well in school. I learned that discipline is necessary to accomplish anything in life.”

“You have to have the common sense.”