You know the troubles I've had with my two older children. I can't understand why it turned out so badly. I tried to give them everything. I loved them and tried to keep them near me, even when they didn't return my love. Well, I couldn't make them love me, but they could have shown some respect. I couldn't insist on love, but I could insist on respect.

My tears speak for me.

The 1930s Hollywood was capable of hurting me so much. The things about Hollywood that could hurt me (when I first came) can't touch me now. I suddenly decided that they shouldn't hurt me - that was all.

I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

I'd like to think every director I've worked with has fallen in love with me, I know Dorothy Arzner did.

Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?