Mercedes McCambridge

"I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition."

"I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it."

"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room."

"My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol."

"Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time."