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.
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It was so funny to realize that all the cliches about Hollywood were true, ... There was the casting couch. There were these dirty old men who would say, 'Can you lift your skirt up a little higher, darling We'd like to see your legs. How about dinner tonight' That's what I started to write about.Jackie Collins
I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.
Jackie Collins
During the course of that year, I'll probably have another book come out, ... I'll go on the road to promote it and do publicity. People think the life of a writer like me is easy. 'She writes those scandalous books and then she just lounges around.'
Jackie Collins
What do you have in at least an acre or more, because I'm tired of living cramped next to my neighbor.
Jackie Collins
I should be writing until I drop. I'll be a little old lady of 106. I never see myself stopping what I do because it's my passion.
Jackie Collins
I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
Jackie Collins
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Don't give it to the audience; leave it to the audience.
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