Quotes

"Winchell was a good newspaperman but a vain man, convinced he could change the course of world events -- slightly deluded, but never mind. He also fancied himself a ladies' man." - Lauren Bacall.

Hollywood is a place that must be seen to be disbelieved.

Hollywood's a place where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

... And so - with lotions of love - this is your New York correspondent, Walter Winchell, who knows that all the lights on Broadway are never as bright as the candle in the window when you come home.

I think it's important for anyone on a newspaper, particularly one who is doing a column, to "build his fences." . . . Of course I mean make as many friends as you can. You never know from where the next line or paragraph is coming. One of your best stories may come from a fellow whose face you never liked, but whom you were nice to -- and he appreciated your being civil to him, which is why he gave you the break.

America would be a better place to live in if all the people who didn't like it would leave it to the rest of us - who love it!

What if I lose my column? Then I'm no different than the loudmouth in the bar. The man who sells papers on the corner may have a more secure future.

Broadway's mountain. Tough sledding on the way up - a toboggan on the way down.

We found that we were citizens of a kingdom more beautiful than Camelot. Not a never-never land, but a very real and magic place called Broadway.

A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery is an optimist.