Norma Desmond

"I am as essential as air."

"My story will be remembered forever."

"I've sacrificed everything for my craft."

"Perfection is the only acceptable standard."

"I don't need the world's approval. I have my own."

"Every role I played was a masterpiece."

"I understand power because I've wielded it."

"The future belongs to those like me."

"I've never compromised my vision."

"Beauty fades, but talent is eternal."

"I am incapable of failure."

"The industry owes me everything."

"I've lived ten thousand lives through cinema."

"Ordinary people cannot comprehend my complexity."

"I will never fade. I will only evolve."

"My presence alone changes the atmosphere."

"I am the most important thing in any room."

"Everything I do is art. Everything."

"I've forgotten what it means to be a nobody."

"The world will beg for my return."

"I am eternal because my beauty was eternal."

"Success and I are old friends."

"I refuse to accept the passage of time."

"My life is the greatest screenplay ever written."