Creative Quotations from Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Marilyn Monroe
(1926-1962) born on Jun 01

US actress. She was the ultimate pin-up girl who starred in "Some Like It Hot," 1959 and "Bus Stop," 1956.

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A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul.

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Marilyn: The Woman Who Died Too Soon," by Gloria Steinem, 1972.
R:	In "Born This Day, by Ed Morrow, 1995.
A:	In "Marilyn: The Woman Who Died Too Soon," by Gloria Steinem, in "The First Ms. Reader," ed. Francine Klagsbrun, 1972.
N:	"People Magazine," 1 Feb 1988.
K:	"The First Ms. Reader," 1972.