"I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one."

"I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump."

"I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that."

"And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work."

"From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck."

"It was all men, and there I was prancing around in gowns that barely got past the censors."