Jackie Collins Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Book, Inspiration, Thinking

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

  Jackie Collins

  Thinking, People, Together

  "'Jackie Collins' testing for regular spot on talk show circuit" by Ron Tank, www.cnn.com. July 10, 1998.

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• 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

  Character, Creating, Giving

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• 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

  Baby, Book, Writing

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• 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

  Night, Names, People

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• 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

  Book, Stories, Plans

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 17, 2014.

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• 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

  Book, Writing, People

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 17, 2014.

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

  Jackie Collins

  Travel, Journey, Lovely

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• 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

  Book, Want, Behinds

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• 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

  Photography, Passion, Sleep

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• 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

  Writing, Numbers, Different

  "Writer Jackie Collins". "The Tavis Smiley show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 17, 2014.

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• 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

  Girl, Couple, People

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• I try not to bore my readers.

  Jackie Collins

  Trying, Reader, Bores

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

  Jackie Collins

  Writing, Want, Storyteller

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• 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

  Book, Dutch, Amsterdam

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• 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

  Cities, Australia, Trying

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• 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

  Book, Long, Interesting

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

  Jackie Collins

  Stars, Talking, Usa

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

  Jackie Collins

  Humor, Alcohol, Drug

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• 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

  Sex, Writing, Men

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• 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

  Stars, Rap, Book

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

  Jackie Collins

  Fun, Clothes, Design

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 17, 2014.

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

  Jackie Collins

  Real, Writing, Character

  Jackie Collins (2014). “The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook”, p.2, St. Martin's Press

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• 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

  Sleep, Tea, Lag

  "Jackie Collins's Travelling Life". Interview with Ruth Huntman, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 10, 2015.

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• 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

  Sex, Pills, Want

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