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

Categorized in : Art Dirty Sex

I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.

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Gentlemen prefer blondes... but gentlemen marry brunettes. by Anita Loos

Gentlemen prefer blondes... but gentlemen marry brunettes.

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Fate keeps on happening. by Anita Loos

Fate keeps on happening.

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The wrong side of the tracks is livelier. by Anita Loos

The wrong side of the tracks is livelier.

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I've always loved high style in low company. by Anita Loos

I've always loved high style in low company.

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Memory is more indelible than ink. by Anita Loos

Memory is more indelible than ink.

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A bit of conversational sex makes a pleasant climate for creative... by Anita Loos

A bit of conversational sex makes a pleasant climate for creative effort.

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Men are weak and constantly need reassurance, so now that they fail to find adulation in the opposite sex, they're turning to each other. Less and less do men need women. More and more do gentlemen prefer gentlemen.

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I don't think the written word is important in movies anymore and the really great movies are done by great directors who in many cases write their own scripts. I think it's gotten to be more of a visual thing than an audible thing.

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A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think. by Anita Loos

A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.

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I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company.

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Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.

girl time thinking

I used to think that looking across a pillow into the fabulous face of Buster Keaton would be a more thrilling destiny than any screen career.

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In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produc... by Anita Loos

In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produce, the sexual climate of our land.

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And what, for instance, would have happened had Romeo and Juliet lived to middle age, their silhouettes broadened by pasta?

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Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else tha... by Anita Loos

Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free.

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Always go to the solitary drinker for the truth! by Anita Loos

Always go to the solitary drinker for the truth!

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I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always feel at home.

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Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse. by Anita Loos

Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.

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On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.

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