Jackie Collins Quotes & Sayings

I love London and Los Angeles equally. I was born and brought up London and then I went to Los Angeles as a teenager to stay with my sister Joan. So I feel I belong to both. — Jackie Collins

I wake up in the morning and I still have a passion for what I do, and I'll be doing it when I'm 105, I'll be scribbling away. If it was 100 years ago I'd be sitting by the campfire, saying, "Have I got a story to tell you." — Jackie Collins

As soon as I reach my destination I have a cup of tea, something to eat and then sleep for about 13 hours. I make that an absolute rule and I always feel fresh afterwards and never have jet lag. — Jackie Collins

Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that. — Jackie Collins

Carrie lay on the bed and gazed at the ceiling. She was back in business. It was a day to remember. December 7, the same day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day America declared war on Japan.
America declared war. And she was a whore again. — Jackie Collins

get it." They emerged from the doorway and moved — Jackie Collins

If you wrote a page a day, at the end of the year you would have a book. Whether it's any good or not is beside the point, but you would have a book, instead of just talking about it all the time. — Jackie Collins

All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie. — Jackie Collins

Hollywood wives. The younger generation. — Jackie Collins

I've never been on safari because I've got a phobia of bugs. I just don't want things crawling on me when I'm sleeping. It's a shame given my passion for big cats. But I really enjoy photography, so I'd love to photograph leopards in the wild some day. — Jackie Collins

Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about. — Jackie Collins

I don't like being in one place too long. Five days just about does it for me because I have a very low threshold for boredom. — Jackie Collins

The truth would set her free. Only then would she be able to get on with her life. — Jackie Collins

I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely. — Jackie Collins

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers. — Jackie Collins

I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read. — Jackie Collins

The easier you make it look, the more difficult it is. Creating characters out of nothing, and making them interesting - and that's another advice I would give to writers. — Jackie Collins

I try not to bore my readers. — Jackie Collins

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book. — Jackie Collins

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot. — Jackie Collins

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. — Jackie Collins

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either. — Jackie Collins

The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time with my baby. Oh yeah, I bet your other family is really thrilled. — Jackie Collins

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip. — Jackie Collins

Expecting conceit they found courtesy. Expecting arrogance they found a man concerned with people's thoughts and feelings. — Jackie Collins

Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board. — Jackie Collins

Trust yourself if you want other people to trust you. — Jackie Collins

Shit happens. You need to move on. — Jackie Collins

thinking that this conversation was going — Jackie Collins

Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books. — Jackie Collins

First lust then love. — Jackie Collins

Viagra is a drug, just like cocaine. It can cause you to become addicted. — Jackie Collins

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do. — Jackie Collins

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together. — Jackie Collins

took chances every inch of the way. I had to fight for my independence. — Jackie Collins

You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old. — Jackie Collins

Your whole life is ahead of you. Don't you ever forget that. — Jackie Collins

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? — Jackie Collins

I'm a storyteller, I'm not a literary writer, and I don't want to be a literary writer. People say to me, "Oh, when are you going to write something different?" What? I don't want to write anything different. I'm writing relationships between people, all different colors, all different sizes, all different sexual orientations, and that's what I want to do. — Jackie Collins

For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and yellow legal pads are a must. And my eyebrow pencil. I'm very low-maintenance. — Jackie Collins

I'm going to have a shower, then maybe we can get some lunch out; and then, baby, then we can come back and make it all night long!' She vanished through the door, and David heard water running in the bathroom. — Jackie Collins

Love's not what makes the world go around. — Jackie Collins

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk. — Jackie Collins

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series. — Jackie Collins

I like to design my clothes; I design my jewelry, yeah. It's fun. — Jackie Collins

There's always things that you know about that nobody else, because everybody's life is different. So you write about what you know. That's number one. — Jackie Collins

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write! — Jackie Collins

I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently. — Jackie Collins

I don't plan my books. I don't know what's going to happen. That's why I could pick up any one of my 30 books and I could continue the story on. — Jackie Collins

Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely? — Jackie Collins

I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch. — Jackie Collins

I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne because it's almost my favorite city there, Melbourne and Sydney. But I shouldn't say that because I haven't been everywhere-and I'm very fond of Perth too! — Jackie Collins

I do things my way -Lucky Santangelos — Jackie Collins

Brittany Murphy ... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie. — Jackie Collins

My biggest critics have never read me. — Jackie Collins

a small town outside of Arizona, Sergei Zukov, a Russian drug czar, questioned a young woman tied to a chair in her own home, — Jackie Collins

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing. — Jackie Collins

If you want to have great sex, find a partner who really turns you on. Pills are merely props, and props can turn out to be a big drag. — Jackie Collins

Men are cheaters. Women are not to be trusted. And most people are dumb. — Jackie Collins

I'm a survivor. I was thinking about what you said, and you're absolutely right - I have to let go to continue. This devastating news is not going to slow me down. I'm my own person. I always have been. I've never believed in those people who blame everything on their parents - you know, I'm a fuck-up because my father was a fuck-up. Or I'm a drunk because my mother was an alcoholic. So my father was a hit man? Maybe. So he murdered my mother? Maybe. I don't know any of these things for a fact. But I'm accepting them, and I'm beginning to realize they're not part of who I am. — Jackie Collins

Dex: You're my wife. I love you.
Rosarita: Sometimes love isn't enough. — Jackie Collins

I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught. — Jackie Collins

My books flow. People say they pick them up and they can't put them down. It's because when I'm writing them I pick my pen up and I cannot put my pen down. — Jackie Collins

I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research. — Jackie Collins

I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca.' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Jane or Susan, so when three people get into bed together, you don't know who they are. — Jackie Collins

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read. — Jackie Collins

Madison: I got you a Starbucks coffee. It's better than the crap I make. We can heat it up in the microwave.
Kimm: Don't drink coffee.
Madison: Really? I can't live without it.
Kimm: Water in the morning, juice in the afternoon, herbal tea at night.
Madison: Any alcohol in there somewhere?
Kimm: Alcohol slows me down. So do tobacco and sugar. I've found that a healthy body creates a healthy mind.
Madison: Wish I could be that disciplined. It's not easy.
Kimm: Nothing worth having is easy. — Jackie Collins

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them. — Jackie Collins

Falling in love is like getting hit by a truck and yet not being mortally wounded. just sick to your stomach, high one minute, low the next. Starving hungry but unable to eat. hot, cold, forever horny, full of hope and enthusiasm, with momentary depressions that wipe you out.
It is also not being able to remove the smile from your face, loving life with a mad passionate intensity, and feeling ten years younger.
Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board. No time to think about what's happening. It's inevitable. An event you can't control. A crazy, heart-stopping, roller-coaster ride that just has to take its course. — Jackie Collins

My weakness is wearing too much leopard print. — Jackie Collins

I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. — Jackie Collins

was throwing at Mood, and attached herself to the star deejay, Frankie Romano. This pissed Bobby off big-time. Why the hell was she going after Frankie? Everyone knew that Frankie was a major womanizing cokehead whom M.J. sometimes hired for the occasional big party. He made an attempt to talk to Serenity, but she blew him off, acting as if she barely knew him. — Jackie Collins

The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them. — Jackie Collins

I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins. — Jackie Collins

Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. — Jackie Collins

I love people-watching at the clubs in Los Angeles, where girls make fools of themselves and guys pay thousands of dollars for a couple of bottles of vodka just so they can get a table. It's quite a scene. — Jackie Collins