“Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
Fear“I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.”
Men“Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
Fear“Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour it's based on femininity.”
Beauty“Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.”
Fear“A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.”
Best“I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
Freedom“The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.”
Men“I read poetry to save time.”
Poetry“A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.”
Alone“If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.”
Sports“Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.”
Good“My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation.”
Work“I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.”
Money“Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.”
Business“The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, 'Oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape,' and then they say, 'Gosh, it's Marilyn Monroe!'”
Men“The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.”
Trust“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”
Alone“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Beauty“A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.”
Change“Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.”
Alone“Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.”
Marriage