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

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

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

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

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

It's all make believe, isn't it?

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

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

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

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.

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

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.

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.

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

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

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.

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

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Fame will go by and, 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 experience, but that's not where I live.

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

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

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.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.

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

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

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.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.