Food for Thought | Marilyn Monroe

“I love food as long as it has flavor. It's flavorless food I can't stand. I usually have a steak and a green salad for my dinner, also for breakfast when I'm really hungry. I keep away from pastries--I used to love them, and ice cream, too. I skip all desserts unless it's fruit. I just don't like the taste of pastries. As a kid I did, but now I hate it--and as for candy, I can take it or leave it, usually leave it. But I love champagne--just give me champagne and good food, and I'm in heaven and love. That's what makes the world go round.”

--Marilyn Monroe, as told to George Barris

from Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words, 2003.