A biography for Mae Westhasn’t been written yet.
“Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.”
“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”
“I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.”
“I'm single because I was born that way.”
“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
“Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”
“Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.”
“A man in the house is worth two in the street.”
“His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.”
“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”
“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”
“The best way to hold a man is in your arms.”
“Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.”
“Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.”
“Sex is an emotion in motion.”
“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.”
“Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.”
“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”