The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.

Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was because I was the only girl who could survive so many bad pictures.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass.

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.