I consider my work great, as I am a great artist.

Alas, in 1929 came the Stock Market crash and everything changed and became worrisome. People started practicing conservatism because of financial losses, myself included.

Love is disgusting when you no longer possess yourself.

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors

Stars didn't have to worry as they were on long term contracts and were able to enjoy their vacations without worrying about tomorrow. Few had financial worries due to large incomes and little taxes.

Hollywood has gone from Pola to Polaroid.

I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.

Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries.

Thinking is a way of condemning oneself to solitude.

Every day brings new choices.

Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth, as some kind of creatures do their food, to be ruminated upon till all the valuable parts be extracted.

For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

I would like people to see my work as a rehabilitation of scorned values and, in any case, make no mistake about it, a work of ardent celebration.

You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win.

Without stones there is no arch.

But I am a patient man. I can wait for hours in the rain

I want to end my career on my terms, not on what people think I should do.

The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.