--- title: "4 Jacqueline Briskin Quotes - Famous Writer (Paloverde)" description: "Jacqueline Briskin, née Orgell was a British-born American writer specializing in historical fiction from 1970 to 1995. Her books regularly appear on th..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-katie-finneran-45726.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jacqueline Briskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-katie-finneran-45726.jpg) # Jacqueline Briskin (1927–2014) Writer United States **4** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jacqueline Briskin was a writer from the United States, best known for *Paloverde*. ## Quick Facts About Jacqueline Briskin Born December 18, 1927 Died December 24, 2014 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Paloverde ## About Jacqueline Briskin Jacqueline Briskin, née Orgell was a British-born American writer specializing in historical fiction from 1970 to 1995. Her books regularly appear on the New York Times bestseller's list. She was a main Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club seven times, her novels were translated into 26 languages, and has sold 23,000,000 copies worldwide. ## Quotes by Jacqueline Briskin > [Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-briskin/don-t-take-anyone-else-s-definition-of-success-as-your-own-this-is/) Jacqueline Briskin [Definition of success](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/definition-of-success/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/jacqueline-briskin-65096_definition-of-succes_don-t-take-anyone-else-s-definition-of-s_881481.jpg) > [To me, the act of writing itself is infinitely more important than any success I have achieved through it. Not that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-briskin/to-me-the-act-of-writing-itself-is-infinitely-more-important-than-any/) Jacqueline Briskin [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/jacqueline-briskin-65096_eight_to-me-the-act-of-writing-itself-is-infin_1267682.png) > [It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-briskin/it-takes-most-of-us-a-long-time-to-learn-our-craft-so-keep-at-it-don/) Jacqueline Briskin [Craft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/craft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/jacqueline-briskin-65096_craft_it-takes-most-of-us-a-long-time-to-learn_1597774.png) > [I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-briskin/i-feel-successful-when-the-writing-goes-well-this-lasts-five-minutes/) Jacqueline Briskin [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/jacqueline-briskin-65096_difficult_i-feel-successful-when-the-writing-goes_1962108.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-briskin/#itemlist", "name": "Jacqueline Briskin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. 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