ON WHETHER SHE ROMANCED HER BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS COSTAR BURT REYNOLDS
''Burt and I are too much alike to be involved. We both wear wigs and high heels and we both have a roll around the middle.'' — In her 1994 autobiography Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business

ON HER HUSBAND CARL'S RESPONSE TO THOSE RUMORS
''One day at home I was playing with our little dog, this little Boston terrier bulldog that we love. I'd wrapped him in a blanket and was carryin' him around.... [Carl] took a picture of me with this little ugly dog and he said, 'Here. I want you to send this to The National Enquirer and tell 'em that this is a picture of your and Burt's baby.''' — to TV Guide, 1993