“Ten or twelve families took Malcolm and Ruby in, perhaps more. “There was never a family that had room for the two of us, Byron and me,” said Ruby. “That was the tragedy of it.” — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
Ruby Stevens was determined, ambitious and tough. She had to fend for herself in so many ways as a child and always felt apart,… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
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… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
I let my haters be my motivaters: i got 99 hands and you aint callin neither 1 — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“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… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“I only met her once. She was introduced to me by, of all people, Gertrude Lawrence . . . Stanwyck was gracious and laconic;… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“When John Ashbery was asked where he turned for consolation, he replied, “Probably to a movie, something with Barbara Stanwyck.” —Deborah Solomon, The New… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
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… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
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… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“Ruby learned to live on the streets and to make the best of it. “We never played games,” she said. “I never cared for… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“My father loved my mother madly and when she died, he went gypsy, I was raised by strangers, farmed out. There were no rules… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“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… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“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,… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
![“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 their subject - and one day the impulse came to me to write a life of someone. I made a long list of possible subjects and [ Barbara] Stanwyck was…” quote by Victoria Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a84/victoria-wilson-35630_barbara_i-ve-published-many-biographies-over-the_244674.jpg)
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