I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.

My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money.

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb

Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.

In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.