I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.
Anna Held

I was very adept at acquiring languages.
Anna Held

I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.
Anna Held

If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.
Anna Held

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.
Anna Held

It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.
Anna Held

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
Anna Held

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.
Anna Held

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.
Anna Held

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.
Anna Held

One does not re-light a dead cigarette.
Anna Held

People look at me and look, but I do not care.
Anna Held

Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.
Anna Held

Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.
Anna Held

The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.
Anna Held

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
Anna Held

To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.
Anna Held

We must go fast, because the race is against time.
Anna Held

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.
Anna Held

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.
Anna Held