More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.

The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

Ice is nice at any price.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.

Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you