“From early Colonial days, sex life in America had been based on the custom of men supporting women. That situation reached its heyday in the Twenties when it was easy for any dabbler in stocks to flaunt his manhood by lavishing an unearned income on girls. But with the stock-market crash, men were hard put even to keep their wives, let alone spend money on sex outside the home. The adjustment was much easier on women than on men, who jumped out of windows in droves, whereas I can’t recall a single headline that read: KEPT GIRL LEAPS FROM LOVE NEST.”
Anita Loos
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“… a bit of conversational sex makes a pleasant climate for creative effort …”
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“That our popular art forms have become so obsessed with sex has turned the U.S.A. into a nation of hobbledehoys; as if grown people don’t have more vital concerns, such as taxes, inflation, dirty politics, earning a living, getting an education, or keeping out of jail.”
Anita Loos
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“Tallulah [Bankhead] was the foremost naughty girl of her era but, in those days, “naughty” meant piquant, whereas values have so changed that now, in the 1970s, it generally means nauseating.”
Anita Loos
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“Does this boat go to Europe, France?”
Anita Loos
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“There’s nothing colder than chemistry.”
Anita Loos
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“Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.”
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“Pleasure that isn’t paid for is as insipid as everything else that’s free.”
Anita Loos
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“A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.”
Anita Loos
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“Fate keeps on happening.”
Anita Loos
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