"His voice was a intimate as the rustle of sheets."

"By whom?"

"'Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city."

"The only 'ism' hollywood believes in is plagiarism."

"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."

"Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses."

"It is pleasant at times to play the madman."

"I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it."

"There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them."

"REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it."

"I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."

"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."