Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire.

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

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

I'm sin, but I'm not the devil.

I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I'd answer, 'Everything, everything,' and I'd walk slowly and turn my head slowly as if I were a queen.

Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.

(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.