Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

I remember Tallulah (Bankhead) telling of going into a public ladies' room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, 'I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?' The lady said no. So Tallulah said, 'Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?'

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist