Marilyn Monroe

"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."

"Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal."

"Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live."

"I am alone; I am always alone no matter what."

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

"I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen."

"I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women."

"I read poetry to save time."

"I restore myself when I'm alone."

"I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated."

"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 dreaming the hardest."

"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."

"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm 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."

"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far."

"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."

"Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men."

"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them."

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

"Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?"

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."

"Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either."

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

"Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you."

"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."

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

"When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women."