Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.

...In the past, as now, [Hollywood] was a stamping ground for tastelessness, violence, and hyperbole, but once upon a time it turned out a product which sweetened the flavor of life all over the world.

And a Famous Film Star who is left alone is more alone than any other person has ever been in the whole Histry of the World, because of the contrast to our normal enviromint.

Today there are no fairy tales for us to believe in, and this is possibly a reason for the universal prevalence of mental crack-up. Yes, if we were childish in the past, I wish we could be children once again.

Fate keeps on happening.

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

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