When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.

The sin of all time has been the exercise of assumed powers. This is the essence of tyranny.

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

I do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.

I went with my husband and an innocent child to California. I went to a theatrical manager and asked him to allow me to earn money enough on the stage to buy our tickets home. He did.