"The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape, and then they say, “Gosh, it's Marilyn Monr…"

"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."

"I'm not a dreamer. I'm a realist."

"Husbands are like fires. They go out if left unattended."

"I used to get so lonely that I'd just walk out of the house and go to a party. I didn't care who it was. I just wanted to be around people."