Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's considerable rewards, I was hungry for most of those twenty years.

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

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

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?

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