I was so tired of the parts I had to play. There seems little for me in Hollywood, because, rather than real Chinese, producers prefer Hungarians, Mexicans, American Indians for Chinese roles.

Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul.

I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.

I've come to the conclusion that everybody should marry, including me.

Do not allow your life to diminish without reproducing it.

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

Greatness always inspires you to be great.

It is true, that all married men have their own way, but the trouble is they don't all have their own way of having it.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

Order cannot possibly be brought about through conformity to a pattern, under any circumstances.

But in my humble opinion, a house needs a good party once in a while; remind folks it exists.

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.

People at large are becoming more aware that there is much more to reality and to themselves than what meets the eye.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.