Elizabeth Taylor, Harper's Bazaar, 1959

"I decided I was not going to be one of these people. I wasn't going to mind if I gained weight or got wrinkles, because I could use my brain. And as long as I could use my head, it wouldn't matter how I looked." - Thelma Todd

Maturity is when you stop trying to convince other people to treat you right. You just observe their choices, understand their character, and decide what you’re going to allow in your life.

Problems only writers understand

Having very chaotic notes on your phone

Having secret files that you will NEVER let anyone ever see

WHAT THAT WORD THAT MEANS THAT THING????

Why cant I think of a name?

Writing 10k words in a day then never again

James Dean and cousin Marcus Winslow, 1955.

Lily Powers

Barbara Stanwyck in Baby Face (1933)

Currently torn between wanting to learn something useful and wanting to escape reality.

Norma Shearer in Let Us Be Gay, 1930

Wish Tumblr existed in the late 1920s because I'm sure the silent vs sound film discourse would've been glorious