Marilyn Quotes

I think it's the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort of exorcising every demon and making you feel like you're a person that matters.

Art is a big question mark.

Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.

That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed.

Doing a scene is like opening a bottle. If it doesn't open one way, try another - perhaps even give it up for another bottle?

I don't want to be rich, I just want to be loved.

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

I'm just here for the narcotics.

Yes, I'm reckless and sometime express no concern for my own well being, and I express a misanthropic view of the world, but to have an opinion, you can't be a nihilist.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

I believe in everything - a little bit.

Dogs have never hurt me. Only men have.

You're always running into people's unconscious.

Marilyn is real. I wake up and I am Marilyn.

An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as roles.

Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.

I wanna die young and sell my soul, use up all your drugs and make me come.

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.

We cannot leave the trap until we know we are in it.

Anyone who thinks they're happy should really see a doctor, because there is no reason to be happy.

The outside world wants me to have glamour; my fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down.

Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.

If you lose emotion, and you gain it back, you realise that hate and love are very important to distribute properly. So I'm not going to waste any kind of emotion on things that aren't related to me.

I like to make people think differently than they did before I walked in the room.

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

A sweater is like life, you get nothing out of it that you don't put into it!

I would not have married Dan Quayle had I not thought he was an equal to me.

I doubt if any doctor could recommend a more nourishing breakfast for a working girl in a hurry.

I don't like fun, it upsets me.

Hopefully, I'll be remembered as the person who brought an end to Christianity.

Relatively few of us will find the time-or take it-to live an ever enlarging life.

I didn't mind being thought of as dumb. I knew I wasn't.

To me, Satan ultimately represents rebellion.

Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.

Her searches after knowledge were arbitrary and without context. It was as if she were shining a small flashlight of curiosity into the dark room of the world.

I remember growing up, saying you’re an artist it sounds pretentious but now it’s one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.

Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

The best thing that's ever happened to me is my daughter. To be a Mom is the best thing in the world. You know, that's all I really wanted to do after I had finished doing films.

I've known Johnny Depp since I was 19.

You're as happy as you allow yourself to be - so why be unhappy?

I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem.

a struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.

Without the threat of death, there's no reason to live... at all.

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.

I'm a confession that is waiting to be heard

Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men.

People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.