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.

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

In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned do

I don't want to play sex roles any more. I'm tired of being known as the girl with the shape

I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me and that I've made of myself, as a sex symbol. Men expect so much, and I can't live up to it

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

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties...the ladies would gang up in a corner and discuss my dangerous character

I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted. I did sort of think, you know, marriage did that. You see, I was brought up differently from the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy - that's it, successful, happy, and on time

Say good-bye to Pat, say good-bye to Jack and say good-bye to yourself, because you're a nice guy

Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've experienced them both