American humor ... is not subtle. It is something that makes you laugh the moment you hear it, you have not to think a scrap.

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.

The duration of love in a being always depends upon the loved one. I create an emotion in you, as you create one in me. You do not create it in yourself.

The early symptoms of the disease [California Curse], which break out almost on arrival in Hollywood, are a sense of exaggerated self-importance and self-centeredness which naturally alienates all old friends. Next comes a great desire for and belief in the importance of money above all else, a loss of the normal sense of humor and proportion and finally, in extreme cases, the abandonment of all previous standards of moral value.

how much better to make no vow; then at least when the cord of attraction snaps, we can go free, still defying the lightning in our untarnished pride.

To define a man: he must be a creature who makes me feel that I am a woman.