Jacqueline Susann

“Neely O'Hara: [drunk in a bar] Who's stoned? I am merely traveling incognito.”

— Jacqueline Susann

People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that…

— Jacqueline Susann

“Everyone should at least try to do the thing he wants to do. Later in life situations and responsibilities force people to…

— 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…

— Jacqueline Susann

I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time.

— Jacqueline Susann

Everyone has an identity. One of their own, and one for show.

— Jacqueline Susann

Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them.

— 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”

— Jacqueline Susann

“Pensa-se de dia – a – dia. Se começamos a pensar no futuro, no nosso futuro pessoal, perdemos a coragem. E, de…

— Jacqueline Susann

“She was climbing Mount Everest and the air was invigorating and wonderful. Even if every second verged on crisis, this was part…

— Jacqueline Susann

I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists.

— Jacqueline Susann

Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.

— 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…

— Jacqueline Susann

“Alone on the summit of Mount Everest.”

— 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…

— Jacqueline Susann

I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!

— Jacqueline Susann

“Helen Lawson: They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and…

— Jacqueline Susann

The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations.…

— Jacqueline Susann

I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature.

— Jacqueline Susann

Did money give people a blind spot? Rob them of their hearing?

— Jacqueline Susann

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

— Jacqueline Susann

“Helen Lawson: The only hit that comes out of a Helen Lawson show is Helen Lawson, and that's ME, baby, remember?”

— Jacqueline Susann

As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write. I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!

— Jacqueline Susann

Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him.

— Jacqueline Susann

A new book is just like any new product, like a detergent. You have to acquaint people with it. They have to…

— Jacqueline Susann