If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

How sweet it is to have people point and say, “There he is.”

Avoid the talk of men. For talk is mischievous, light, and easily raised, but hard to bear and difficult to be rid of. Talk never wholly dies away when many people voice her: even talk is in some ways divine.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

When I do a show, the whole show revolves around me, and if I don’t show up, they can just forget it.