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

...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.

I began quite early in life to sense the thrill a girl attains in supplying money to a man.

I don't think the written word is important in movies anymore and the really great movies are done by great directors who in many cases write their own scripts. I think it's gotten to be more of a visual thing than an audible thing.

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.

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.

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.