Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

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

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 one thing a person wants in life is usually something basic that money can't buy.

I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.

I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful.

I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.