Marilyn Monroe

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

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

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.

There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.

Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

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

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.

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

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.