It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.

A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.

I do not need a man. I am devoted to masturbation. I think it's probably one of the most pleasurable experiences in life.

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.

I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!

When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.

I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.

Although nobody could ever know about our friendship, that wasn’t going to stop us from being together.

When women turn on women, and take cheap shots at their decisions purely to score political points it serves as proof that feminism, as a movement, is dead and no longer relevant or credible.

People these days can’t seem to tolerate one moment without entertainment!

Scary movies are my favorite. My kids love Hocus Pocus. I'm a big fan of Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp and Freddy Krueger.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

Writing fiction is fundamentally an irrational act.

I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me.

For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.

The anxiety around such work [vulnerably written ethnographies] is that it will prove to be beyond criticism, that it will be undiscussable.

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.