Anita Loos Quotes

Screenwriter

Anita Loos was an American screenwriter renowned for her sharp wit and satirical style. She is most famous for her work on the film 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. Born on April 26, 1889, in Los Angeles, California, she passed away on August 18, 1981.

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Famous Anita Loos Quotes

“Men no longer prefer blondes. Today gentlemen seem to prefer gentlemen.”

Men Seems Today Sex Gentleman

Author:Anita Loos

“From early Colonial days, sex life in America had been based on the custom of men supporting women. That situation reached its heyday in the Twenties when it was easy for any dabbler in stocks to flaunt his manhood by lavishing an unearned income on girls. But with the stock-market crash, men were hard put even to keep their wives, let alone spend money on sex outside the home. The adjustment was much easier on women than on men, who jumped out of windows in droves, whereas I can't recall a single headline that read: KEPT GIRL LEAPS FROM LOVE NEST.”

Source: Kiss Hollywood good-by

“I began quite early in life to sense the thrill a girl attains in supplying money to a man.”

Men Girl Thrill

Book:Cast of Thousands

Source: Cast of Thousands

“Men are weak and constantly need reassurance, so now that they fail to find adulation in the opposite sex, they're turning to each other. Less and less do men need women. More and more do gentlemen prefer gentlemen.”

Men Needs Sex Failing Weak Opposites Gentleman Reassurance Adulation

Book:Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writings

Source: Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writings

“I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.”

Men Should Whole Women Justice Quiet Diversity Social Justice Boxes Libertarian Ruins Women Empowerment Soap Brighter Furious Wise Women Racket Proclaiming Anti Feminist Soapbox

Author:Anita Loos

“I was making love to a man, a man I hardly even know. He was kissing the face off me and I was kissing the face off him. And I found it highly satisfactory.”

Knows Men Faces Found Kissing Making Love

Author:Anita Loos

“I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.”

Men Felt Emotion Type Available Ardent Elk Pasadena

Book:Kiss Hollywood good-by

Source: Kiss Hollywood good-by

About the Author

Born: April 26, 1889
Died: August 18, 1981
Known for: Screenwriter
Quotes: 57

Books & Sources

Kiss Hollywood good-byRelated source material

Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writingsRelated source material

Gentlemen Prefer BlondesRelated source material

Cast of ThousandsRelated source material

A Mouse is BornRelated source material

Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen Prefer BlondesRelated source material

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / But Gentlemen Marry BrunettesRelated source material

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