About Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn Monroe is considered one of the most important popular culture icons of the twentieth century.
I want the world to see my body.
In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.
I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.
How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?
I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you...
It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.
Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
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.
There is nothing positive about being fat. And there is nothing positive about loving yourself. We all need to conform to society's expectations of who we are, because if we don't, who will? Life is more enjoyable when you are thin and pretty. I was ...
All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.
I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.
Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.
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.
