I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

At 26, I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

I am a very pragmatic person.