Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

We all have a contract with the public—in us they see themselves, or what they would like to be.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

When I do a show, the whole show revolves around me, and if I don’t show up, they can just forget it.

All people have the common desire to be elevated in honor, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.