"My mother was nuts. My father was boring. My older brother was funny. My older sister was girly. And I just wanted to play." (Chapter 1, page 2)

"Mom doesn't understand much about life beyond her ballroom and who knows where Dad is most of the time. Nanny's walking into walls, and Grandpa is living across the hall." (Chapter 7, page 40)

"It helped that my brother had an important job in the business. He made it clear that he wouldn't risk his career for me, but he would open doors. It would be up to me to get through them." (Chapter 14, page 82)

"I had a simple rule for navigating Hollywood's confusing roads: Stick with the most talented people you know. I was lucky. I knew a lot of them." (Chapter 19, page 108)

"I grew sentimental about her life and the life she had given all of us, including me, the accident, the...