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

About Anita Loos

Corinne Anita Loos was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation.

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There’s nothing colder than chemistry.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

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

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

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

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

Fate keeps on happening.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

Memory is more indelible than ink.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

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

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks’ Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

Gentlemen prefer blondes.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)

Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.

Anita Loos

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981)