When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does. People you run into feel that, well, who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe? They feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you, of any kind of nature — and it won't hurt your feelings — like it's happening to your clothes not you.

MARILYN MONROE, attributed, Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress (Rollyson)

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

MARILYN MONROE, attributed, On Being Blonde

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

MARILYN MONROE, attributed, Marilyn Monroe: In Her Own Words

I know I will never be happy but I know I can be gay!

MARILYN MONROE, letter to Dr. Greenson (her psychiatrist), 1961

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

MARILYN MONROE, attributed, On Being Blonde

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

MARILYN MONROE, attributed, Ms. Magazine, Aug. 1972

Hmmm ...
A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, I'll take jello

MARILYN MONROE, "(This Is) A Fine Romance"

You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.

MARILYN MONROE, My Story

If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.

MARILYN MONROE, interview with Richard Meryman, Life Magazine, Aug. 3, 1962