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The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity.


Marilyn Hacker

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MARILYN MONROE Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults?
MARILYN MANSON I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting al...
MARILYN MONROE Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, becau...
MARILYN FERGUSON It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling pass...
MARILYN MONROE Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good...
MARILYN MANSON Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'...
MARILYN MONROE I don't follow anybody. I just flip through whatever Instagram sends me. I like to keep my algor...
MARILYN MINTER There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it'...
MARILYN MANSON As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, bu...
MARILYN MANSON