"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

Gertrude Temple's advice to her daughter before each scene: "Sparkle, Shirley, sparkle!"

"Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle."

"One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer not an exhibitor'."

Shirley Temple doesn't hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend - which I am!