Ellis Amburn worked as a reporter-researcher at Newsweek before becoming a book editor at Putnam, where he edited Jack Kerouac, John Le Carre, William Golding, Edward Albee, and Paul Gallico. He was also editor-in-chief at Delacorte and William Morrow, and edited/collaborated on books by Shelley Winters, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lana Wood, and with Priscilla Presley on her #1 national bestseller Elvis and Me. Mr. Amburn is the author of The Sexiest Man Alive: A Biography of Warren Beatty; Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story; Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin; Buddy Holly; and Subterranean Kerouac.
"Elizabeth Taylor in "National Velvet gives the best juvenile prformance in movie history."--Clark Gable"Howard Hughes opened a handkerchief and it was full of jewels. 'This is all yours, ' he said, 'if you'll come with me.' She went in the house and called a taxi and had the taxi take her back to Hollywood."--Edward Dmytryk, director, "Raintree Country"Elizabeth probably knew a lot more about how to live her life than people with less courage did, in which group I might include myself."--George Stevens, director, "Giant"You'd better know right away, Mike, that I have fallen madly in love with your wife."--James Dean, costar, "Giant"Elizabeth was incapable of being alone. When Mike [Todd] was busy, I became her second choice...She was out of my league."--Eddie Fisher, husband number four"The most self-contained, pulchritudinous, remote, removed, inaccessible woman I had ever seen."--Richard Burton, Husband numbers five and six"It's so large. How very vulgar...Would you mind if I tried it on?"--HRH Princess Margaret, on first seeing Elizabeth's new diamond, the Krupp"Unlike some Hollywood types I know, she insists on being herself."--Former President Ronald Reagan"If she wants to wiggle her ass, she wiggles her ass...[She] reigns supreme...dear to the public's heart."--Henry Miller"She has everything: magic, money, beauty, intelligence. Why can't she be happy?"--Andy Warhol"We've lived the same life: the great tragedy of childhood stars...My father took the money...Elizabeth is also like a mother and more than that. She's a friend. She's Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, the queen of England, and Wendy."--Michael Jackson
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