"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."

"What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold."

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

"Civilization is human rights, it is the path of setting man free from men, phobia, to survive it, we must cultivate the science of human relationships."

"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime."

"I could go days, weeks, without talking to another human being."