“I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.”

“I’m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they’ve made of me– and that I’ve made of myself– as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman’s and I can’t live up to it.”

“Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.”

“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.”

“I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”

“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”

“It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”

“I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know.”

“Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”

“If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”

“I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.”

“It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”

“I love to do the things the censors won’t pass.”

“I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.”

“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them.”

“I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.”

“I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.”

“It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone.”

“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”

“I don’t understand why people aren’t a little more generous with each other.”

“In spite of everything life is not without hope.”

“A girl doesn’t need anyone that doesn’t need her.”

“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.”

“All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”

“I don’t mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity.”

“I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.”

“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”

“Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?”

“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.”

“Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.”

“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.”

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”

“A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up to it on a cold night.” – Marilyn Monroe

“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.”

“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.”

“Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.”

“Who said nights were for sleep?”

“It’s all make believe, isn’t it?”

“Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one.” – Marilyn Monroe

“I read poetry to save time.”

“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”

“That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.”

“Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.”

“I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.”

“Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.”

“Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.”

“I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.”

“I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.”

“If I’d observed all the rules I’d never have got anywhere.”