Greta Garbo

“There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.”

“If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.”

“I smoke all the time, one after the other.”

“If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.”

“I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know.”

“I want to be alone.”

“I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.”

“The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.”

“Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.”

“Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.”

“This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.”

“It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.”

“I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.”

“Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?”

“There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.”

“How can one change one's entire life and build a new one on one moment of love? And yet, that's what you make me want to close my eyes and do.”

“I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here you don't know that you live.”

“Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.”

“Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.”

“There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.”