Marilyn Monroe

"I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

"A wise girl kisses but never tells."

"If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything."

"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."

"The real diamonds are your teeth."

"I believe that everything happens for a reason."

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."

"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."

"Success makes so many people hate you."

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

"I want to grow old without facelifts."

"Ever notice how what passes for lady-like behavior is often just careful planning about which social rules to break?"

"I restore myself when I'm alone."

"We should all start to live before we get too old."

"Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered."

"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time."

"Loyalty is like a two-way street. You have to work at it."

"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one."

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

"A career is born in public—talent in privacy."

"I think that sexuality appeal is just as much about attitude as it is about beauty."

"Fear is stupid. So are regrets."

"I never deliberately hurt a person in my entire life."

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

"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."

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."

"I've never dropped anyone I believed in."

"This life is what you make it."

"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl."