“ Then, aided by the booze, like a fool I tossed off one of those throwaway lines that would have been better thrown away. "Ah, Frank! I thought you were going to be down here fucking Lana. Ava Gardner
“ And I won 'em back fair and square. So what are you going to do about it? Want to fight? Who wants the first bloody nose? Ava Gardner
“ So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back. Ava Gardner
“ He always called me Daughter. It was to distinguish me from his sister Ava. I loved being called Daughter. It sounded so possessive, and to be possessed when you are a child is just a wonderful feelin… Ava Gardner
“ Don't think for a minute that bad publicity and endless criticism don't leave their claw marks on everyone concerned. Your friends try to cheer you up by saying lightly, "I suppose you get used to it,… Ava Gardner
“ God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't. Ava Gardner
“ Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn't and I tried to turn them into something they could never be. I loved them all but maybe I never understood any of them. I don't think th… Ava Gardner
