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> [The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/the-second-draft-is-on-yellow-paper-that-s-when-i-work-on/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

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## More by Jacqueline Susann

> [ “Neely O'Hara: \[drunk in a bar\] Who's stoned? I am merely traveling incognito.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/neely-o-hara-drunk-in-a-bar-who-s-stoned-i-am-merely-traveling/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that time had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/people-parted-years-passed-they-met-again-and-the-meeting-proved-no/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [“Everyone should at least try to do the thing he wants to do. Later in life situations and responsibilities force people to compromise. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/everyone-should-at-least-try-to-do-the-thing-he-wants-to-do-later-in/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [“They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/they-drummed-you-out-of-hollywood-so-you-come-crawling-back-to/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/i-wanted-to-write-it-long-before-i-wrote-every-night-josephine-i-d/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [Everyone has an identity. One of their own, and one for show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/everyone-has-an-identity-one-of-their-own-and-one-for-show/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/do-not-measure-the-number-of-tragedies-you-sustain-but-to-quantify/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [“So what? You're no worse off than if you hadn't asked. At least this way you give yourself a fifty-fifty chance”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/so-what-you-re-no-worse-off-than-if-you-hadn-t-asked-at-least-this/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [“Pensa-se de dia – a – dia. Se começamos a pensar no futuro, no nosso futuro pessoal, perdemos a coragem. E, de repente, lembramo-nos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/pensa-se-de-dia-a-dia-se-come-amos-a-pensar-no-futuro-no-nosso-futuro/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [“She was climbing Mount Everest and the air was invigorating and wonderful. Even if every second verged on crisis, this was part of living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/she-was-climbing-mount-everest-and-the-air-was-invigorating-and/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/i-don-t-think-any-novelist-should-be-concerned-with-literature/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/never-judge-anyone-by-another-s-opinions-we-all-have-different-sides/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/yes-there-s-one-thing-i-do-want-i-want-to-be-aware-of-the-minutes-and/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [“Alone on the summit of Mount Everest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/alone-on-the-summit-of-mount-everest/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

> [When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-susann/when-you-re-climbing-mount-everest-nothing-is-easy-you-just-take-one/)

[Jacqueline Susann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-susann/)

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