Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

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

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

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.

In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.

Movie failures are like the common cold. You can stay in bed and take aspirin for six days and recover. Or you can walk around and ignore it for six days and recover.

I ask myself: would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm, and instead of shock treatments received rest and quiet and the good medication?