Jackie Collins Quotes

• 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 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 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

• 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

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

  Jackie Collins

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

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

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

  Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins (32)

Birth:	4th October, 1937
Death:	19th September, 2015
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Novelist

About

Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins was born in Hampstead, London, England. She was an English romance novelist. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television miniseries. She was the younger sister of Dame Joan Collins. She wrote several novels include: The World Is Full of Married Men, The Stud, Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick, Lovehead, The World Is Full of Divorced Women, The Bitch, Chances, Hollywood Wives, Hollywood Husbands, Lady Boss, Vendetta, Dangerous Kiss, Drop Dead Beautiful, and Poor Little Bitch Girl. Her role in several films include: Barnacle Bill, Rock You Sinners, Intent to Kill, Passport to Shame, and The Shakedown. She wrote several films include: The Stud, Yesterday's Hero, The Bitch, Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, and Paris Connections.

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