Marilyn Monroe

“I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.”

“I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”

“I defy gravity.”

“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”

“It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.”

“Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.”

“I don't digest things with my mind.”

“Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.”

“I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it...”

“I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.”

“A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.”

“Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.”

“I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dr...”

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

“A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.”

“A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.”

“If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.”

“Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.”

“In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.”

“I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.”