I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat.

Gentlemen prefer blondes... but gentlemen marry brunettes.

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.

Tallulah [Bankhead] never bored anyone, and I consider that humanitarianism of a very high order indeed.

On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.

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.

Nobody can tell about this California climate. One minit its hot and the next minit its cold, so a person never knows what to hock.