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

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.

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

there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

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