"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."

“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.”

“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.”

“Like many New Englanders - he was a neighbor of Calvin Coolidge's in Northampton - he finds life a serious business. But he's never - well - heavy about it.”