I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do...

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do...

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person...

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person...

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where...

After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and...

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and...

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of...

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of...

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there...

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there...

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception...

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception...

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with...

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with...

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for...

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for...

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of...

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of...

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made...

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made...