All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

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

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.

Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.