Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I’ve experienced them both.”
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.

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With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

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What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

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To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.

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I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

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If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.

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I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.

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I am invariably late for appointments – sometimes as much as two hours. I’ve tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

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A career is born in public — talent in privacy

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I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people

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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring

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The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream

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I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

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He [Arthur Miller] wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde