Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.

that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.

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.

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me.

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.

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