Quotes By Marilyn Monroe

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots.

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.

Who said nights were for sleep?

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?

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?

I read poetry to save time.