![]() ![]() Going to end it with the words 'Marilyn Monroe.'. So I was going to end my novel on page 175. And I thought, I would love to explore the possibility of what it would be to be that girl and then a few years later to have become Marilyn Monroe. ![]() She's not even especially beautiful, but she's She's smiling in a very girlish and yearning and hopeful way. Is dark brown and curly, her face does not look like Marilyn Monroe. ![]() I have a beautiful photograph of her and she doesn't look anything like Marilyn Monroe. I was focusing on her when she was about 17 years old. Norma Jeane Baker who becomes a celebrity later in life. I got very interested in writing about an American girl who is "I never had any interest in Marilyn Monroe and I have to tell you immediately that I never would have written any book about Marilyn Monroe. Laura Miller Reviews 'Blonde' (April 2, 2000).An interview by Bill Goldstein, books editor of The New York Times on the Web, March 28, 2000.Ĭlick here to listen to the entire interview (34 minutes).Ĭlick below to listen to selections from the interview. ![]()
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