Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.