18 Quotes by Polly Adler

The women who take husbands not out of love but out of greed, to get their bills paid, to get a fine house and clothes and jewels; the women who marry to get out of a tiresome job, or to get away from disagreeable relatives, or to avoid being called an old maid — these are whores in everything but name. The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.

It's not the college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell.

I am one of those people who just can't help getting a kick out of life -- event when it's a kick in the teeth.

I couldn't live my reputation down - all right then, I'd live up to it.

It's not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell.

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.

I am one of those people who can't help getting a kick out of life - even when it's a kick in the teeth.

A house is not a home.