[Suggesting an epitaph for herself:] This is on me.
[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister.
Civilization is coming to an end, you understand.
There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
[On Edna Ferber's Ice Palace] ... the book, which is going to be a movie, has the plot and characters of a book which is going to be a movie.