I was born in the theatre. My father was a small time impresario on the West Coast and I was acting from the age of 7, but I started to write when I was 12 and by the time I was 14 I was making more money than I was acting.

I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company.

In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produce, the sexual climate of our land.

Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.

A kiss on the hand may feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.

If Hollywood hadn't existed, Elinor Glyn would have had to invent it.

I used to think that looking across a pillow into the fabulous face of Buster Keaton would be a more thrilling destiny than any screen career.