"Father drove fifty miles each evening behind his spanking team of horses to keep his date with the Southern girl - carefully chaperoned by FOUR maiden aunts."

“I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers.”

“There are worse things in life than being called a lady.”

“This is an amazing business, creative and mechanical at the same time.”

“You may laugh of the idea of the good will of others in Hollywood, but it's no laughing matter if you don't have it.”

“Any young girl aspiring to a theatrical career held Florenz Ziegfeld in a awe.”

“One of the choicest occupations here is ripping reputations into pieces.”