Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

In Rockford I decided that I had seen enough of the world.

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.

In leaving Hollywood and coming to New York, I feel I can be more myself. After all, if I can't be myself, what's the good of being anything at all?

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.