- Berlyn Ferlinghetti: [referring to Joan Crawford] When she came to Hollywood, Joan was determined to improve herself and she hired tutors from UCLA to come to the studio to instruct her in English and French.
- Orson Welles: Who was she going to speak it to, Claudette Colbert?
- Berlyn Ferlinghetti: [referring to Joan Crawford] Joan kept her figure by eating a pickle for dessert.
- Janis Joplin: I dig the Fried Pickles at Barney's Beanery.
- Berlyn Ferlinghetti: I don't think I could relate to anyone who didn't like carnivals. As Kirk Douglas said in 'The Bad and the Beautiful,' 'Maybe everybody likes to be cheap once in a while.'
- Berlyn Ferlinghetti: [as Simone de Beauvoir] I've always loved fanatical walking trips. When I was a philosophy instructor in Marseilles, in my spare time I walked all over Provence, making each expedition a work of art.