It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise.

[When asked if she believed in "women's lib":] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.

I always look well when I'm near death.

I cannot see myself as a wife. Ugly word.