Marilyn Monroe

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

"Everyone's childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don't know if I'm just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself — or maybe for…"

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

"Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives."

"For life: It is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: The truth can only be recalled, never invented."

"The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body — you know? It just doesn't seem feminine."

"Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde."

"People have curious attitudes about nudity just as they have about sex. Nudity and sex are the most commonplace things in the world. Yet people often act as if they were things that only existed on Ma…"