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

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Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the...

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the...

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to...

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to...

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the...

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the...

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...

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

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...

We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical...

We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical...

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...

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major...

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major...

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical...

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical...

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

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

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...

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving...

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving...

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which...

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which...

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious