I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
The easier you make it look, the more difficult it is. Creating characters out of nothing, and making them interesting - and… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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,… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write! — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
There's always things that you know about that nobody else, because everybody's life is different. So you write about what you know.… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know.… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men?… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
As soon as I reach my destination I have a cup of tea, something to eat and then sleep for about 13 hours. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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,… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
“Expecting conceit they found courtesy. Expecting arrogance they found a man concerned with people’s thoughts and feelings.” — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
“Falling in love is like getting hit by a truck and yet not being mortally wounded. just sick to your stomach, high one minute,… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
