Tallulah Bankhead

“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”

“I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.”

“The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.”

“I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.”

“Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.”