Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.
Mae WestWhen you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?
Mae WestSex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.
Mae WestMore 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.
Mae West