I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.

I've always loved a challenge.

I expected to have one husband and seven babies. Instead I had seven husbands and one living baby.

Trash is something you get rid of - or disease. I'm not something you get rid of.

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!

All men are alike. The approach is different; the result is always the same.

I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

I like to write about wherever I happen to be.

I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic experts.

If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story.

If you want to learn something, just steal it.

It's round the world I've traveled; it's round the world I've roamed; but I've yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the Relief Office, I saw my people - As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.