Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 1 1931-1934: Vol. 1
“I never said, "I want to be alone." I only said, "I want to be let alone! There is all the difference.”
Quoted in John Bainbridge, Garbo (1955)
As the Russian ballerina Grusinskaya in Grand Hotel (1932), she had said "I want to be alone." These words had become associated with Garbo herself in the public imagination.
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