My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? Jackie Collins More Quotes by Jackie Collins More Quotes From 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 falling-in-lovecharactertravel My weakness is wearing too much leopard print. Jackie Collins leopardsweaknesstoo-much Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board. Jackie Collins falling-for-youfalling-in-lovedoe 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 falling-in-lovecrazyheart 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 dreamwantthinking 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 talkingbookyears 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 colorwritingpeople If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write! Jackie Collins procrastinationwritingtalking 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 stylewritingthinking Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. Jackie Collins passionwantwriting 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 boredomdoelong A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk. Jackie Collins secretwritingpeople 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 vanitywritingthinking Your whole life is ahead of you. Don't you ever forget that. Jackie Collins whole-lifelife-isforget People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together. Jackie Collins togetherpeoplethinking Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. Jackie Collins agentsaquariumsessentials 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 los-angelesteenagerlondon 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 passionmorningyears 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 creatinggivingcharacter 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 finalswritingbook
