Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid gloves, mentally and physically
Marlene DietrichGlamour is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way, mentally and physically and in appearance, and that, whatever the occasion or the situation, you are equal to it.
Marlene DietrichUntil they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don't call us, we'll call you.
Marlene DietrichHe [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Marlene DietrichDo let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.
Marlene Dietrich