Jacqueline Susann
Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.
As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write, I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!
I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature.
I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time.
The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut.
Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.Collection: People
When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.Collection: Eye
Everyone has an identity. One of their own, and one for show.Collection: Identity
Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.Collection: Want
Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.Collection: Identity
Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them.Collection: Numbers
Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter or qualify it. And I should despise it if anyone ever begged for my love. Love is something that must be given -- it can't be bought with words or pity, or even reason.Collection: Love Is
I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists.Collection: Thinking
A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.Collection: Running
As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write. I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!Collection: Writing
A new book is just like any new product, like a detergent. You have to acquaint people with it. They have to know it's there. You only get to be number one when the public knows about you.Collection: Book
The 60s will be remembered for The Beatles, Andy Warhol and Me!Collection: Warhol
People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that time had passed and things weren't as bright or attractive as they had been.Collection: Memories
I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!Collection: Wind
Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him.Collection: Hands
Did money give people a blind spot? Rob them of their hearing?Collection: Blind Spots