“A girl looking for emotion could starve in L. A.”

“We probably looked like starving orphan children. Hey! We were starving orphan children.”

“Nothing short of religion could persuade a normal girl to make herself look so awful.”

“Do I look for those millionaires
Like a Machiavellian girl would
When I could wear the sunset?”

“Fashion shows have never been my thing. I don't look thin enough for the runway. The other girls were always much taller and skinnier. But I've never starved myself or done crazy things just to be thin like a rail.”

“I considered acting an opportunity to express emotions—and I took advantage of every opportunity l got. It took me a long time to discover that restraint can be admirable. Restraint, however, does not mean lack of emotion. The thing that irks me is lack of emotion trying to pass for restraint. Lack of emotion is pathological; restraint is civilized.”

“It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymore. So you can come home at night.”

“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.”

“You think I wuh-wuh-wuh-want to stay in here? You think I wouldn't like a con-con-vertible and a guh-guh-girl friend? But did you ever have people l-l-laughing at you? No, because you're so b-big and so tough! Well, I'm not big and tough.”

“I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.”