"I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'"

"I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners."

"To love is to burn, to be on fire."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"

"I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel."

"My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!"