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When recently the late Mr. Welles was asked the question "What is a star?" he replied without a tremor of hesitation, "A star is a woman." Pressed for further Delphic utterance, he added, "If there are now no stars, it is because there are now no women." I imagine that by this remark, he meant that in modern life there are no mysterious creatures who weep and yearn and carry on in a way that no mere man expects or wishes to understand. There are also no superior beings who either urge their mates on to greatness or bring them social, financial, and physical ruin. In other words, there are no more goddesses and no more vamps. QUENTIN CRISP, HOW TO GO TO THE MOVIES