Jackie Collins Quotations

I go to all the parties, I go to the same restaurants, I've seen them over the years and they know me and I'm not intimidated by anybody. And I will ask them any question I feel like asking them.

What do you have in at least an acre or more, because I'm tired of living cramped next to my neighbor.

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

Our kids are going to be acting out their multiplication tables and singing out their history lessons,

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

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

We've had a lot of blood and sweat put into the school by parents and volunteers,

We want to find out different things about celebrities, what makes them tick, how did they meet their husband, what is it like at home.

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.

I should be writing until I drop. I'll be a little old lady of 106. I never see myself stopping what I do because it's my passion.

During the course of that year, I'll probably have another book come out, ... I'll go on the road to promote it and do publicity. People think the life of a writer like me is easy. 'She writes those scandalous books and then she just lounges around.'

It was so funny to realize that all the cliches about Hollywood were true, ... There was the casting couch. There were these dirty old men who would say, 'Can you lift your skirt up a little higher, darling? We'd like to see your legs. How about dinner tonight?' That's what I started to write about.

For a long time this was the best-kept secret in Arizona. It sat here and did nothing except be pretty.

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

I'm involved in every single aspect of my books,

I'm truly blessed, ... I'm going to go to school, and I'm going to really dedicate myself.

I never cross anything out. I just add to it. It's embellishing. Then my assistant puts it on the computer. It's almost like reading something new when it goes on the computer.

I know I give people a lot of pleasure, ... I take them out of their lives. They have fun.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

I try not to bore my readers.

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

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.

My biggest critics have never read me.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

My weakness is wearing too much leopard print.

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.

I consider everywhere I go research, so you will be reading about the Bahamas in a future novel! That's because I like to take my readers with me!

These are not big corporations buying these parcels. It's working-class people trying to put their money somewhere it will make them a return.

These are not big corporations buying these parcels,