Susan Alexander

"I was talented, but talent isn't everything if you don't have the right support."

"He needed me to succeed so that he could feel successful."

"The only time he really listened to me was when I was singing his songs."

"I thought love meant letting someone remake you. I was wrong."

"What is Rosebud, anyway? Just a memory of who I used to be."

"I never understood why he needed to control everything."

"Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I'd said no."

"He was kind to me, in his own way. But kindness without respect isn't enough."

"I wanted a husband. He wanted a project."

"My voice was never the problem. The problem was everything else."

"He told me I could be great. He never asked if I wanted to be."

"I learned that admiration is not the same as love."

"The palace was beautiful, but beauty doesn't warm a cold heart."

"I was his greatest ambition and his greatest disappointment."

"Every performance felt like I was performing for an audience of one - and he was never satisfied."

"If I'd known then what I know now, I would have run."

"He wanted to be remembered. I just wanted to be happy."

"I think he loved the idea of me more than he loved me."

"At least when I was singing in the nightclub, I was free."

"Change came too fast and demanded too much."

"I wasn't strong enough to resist him, and that's something I've had to live with."

"He gave me everything except what I really wanted - a choice."

"I suppose I was his greatest failure, and that destroyed him more than anything else."

"The world sees Citizen Kane. I see the man who took my voice away."

"I wanted to be remembered for my talent, not my marriage."

"He was too big, too grand, too consuming. There was no room for me in his world."

"I learned that you can't sing someone into loving you better."

"The truth is, I was never cut out to be Mrs. Kane."

"He built an empire, but he couldn't build a home."

"I wish I'd had the courage to leave sooner."