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> [ I bought a gun safe with velvet shelves and a built-in dehumidifier to house the hundreds of original \[Barbara\] Stanwyck letters I amassed that I first kept in the lettuce crisper of a refrigerator in my basement. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/i-bought-a-gun-safe-with-velvet-shelves-and-a-built-in-dehumidifier/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

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## Other authors on Basements

## More by Victoria Wilson

> [Ruby Stevens was determined, ambitious and tough. She had to fend for herself in so many ways as a child and always felt apart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/ruby-stevens-was-determined-ambitious-and-tough-she-had-to-fend-for/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [I've published many biographies over the years and enjoyed working with writers on their research, discussing it, thinking about it and how it revealed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/i-ve-published-many-biographies-over-the-years-and-enjoyed-working/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [I let my haters be my motivaters: i got 99 hands and you aint callin neither 1](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/i-let-my-haters-be-my-motivaters-i-got-99-hands-and-you-aint-callin/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“My grandparents on both sides were probably horse-thieves. No one ever told us anything about them. Therefore I suspect the worst. I imagine they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/my-grandparents-on-both-sides-were-probably-horse-thieves-no-one-ever/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“I only met her once. She was introduced to me by, of all people, Gertrude Lawrence . . . Stanwyck was gracious and laconic;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/i-only-met-her-once-she-was-introduced-to-me-by-of-all-people/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“When John Ashbery was asked where he turned for consolation, he replied, “Probably to a movie, something with Barbara Stanwyck.” —Deborah Solomon, The New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/when-john-ashbery-was-asked-where-he-turned-for-consolation-he/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [ I would say she \[Barbara Stanwyck\] did her job as best she could; an honest day's work for an honest day's pay - and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/i-would-say-she-barbara-stanwyck-did-her-job-as-best-she-could-an/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [ I bought a gun safe with velvet shelves and a built-in dehumidifier to house the hundreds of original \[Barbara\] Stanwyck letters I amassed that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/i-bought-a-gun-safe-with-velvet-shelves-and-a-built-in-dehumidifier/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“Ruby learned to live on the streets and to make the best of it. “We never played games,” she said. “I never cared for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/ruby-learned-to-live-on-the-streets-and-to-make-the-best-of-it-we/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“My father loved my mother madly and when she died, he went gypsy, I was raised by strangers, farmed out. There were no rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/my-father-loved-my-mother-madly-and-when-she-died-he-went-gypsy-i-was/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“The only safe test at all is time--give enough time to any person or emotion, and you'll get the answer eventually, one way or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/the-only-safe-test-at-all-is-time-give-enough-time-to-any-person-or/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer Made my mate." —Robert Taylor on Barbara Stanwyck,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/trusty-dusky-vivid-true-with-eyes-of-gold-and-bramble-dew-steel-true-2/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

> [“Ten or twelve families took Malcolm and Ruby in, perhaps more. “There was never a family that had room for the two of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilson/ten-or-twelve-families-took-malcolm-and-ruby-in-perhaps-more-there/)

[Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilson/)

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