“The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.”

“Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn....”

“For a few minutes, everything is so cute that the mind reels.... And then, believe it or not, things get worse. So I shot myself.”

“London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.”

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”

“Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.”

“Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.”