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Jackie Collins
British
Author
Born:
Oct 4
,
1937
Died:
Sep 19
,
2015
About
Book
Me
People
Think
You
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Dorothy L. Sayers
George Eliot
George Orwell
Ian Fleming
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If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.
Jackie Collins
Dreams
Best
You
Achieve
Rich
Think
Way
Must
Best Way
Follow
About
Something
Doing
Very
Want
Wanting
Them
Really
Your
Your Dreams
I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.
Jackie Collins
Family
Trip
Take
Bahamas
Quite
Lovely
My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
Jackie Collins
You
Sick
Unless
Philosophy
Bother
Help
Why
Why Bother
Need
The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time with my baby. Oh yeah, I bet your other family is really thrilled.
Jackie Collins
Time
Family
Sometimes
Baby
Other
Spend
Husbands
Bet
Thrilled
Another
Yeah
Going
Oh
Oh Yeah
Really
Your
Who
Grown
Now
Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
Jackie Collins
Think
Brittany
Boring
Open
She
Knows
Around
Reese Witherspoon
Going
Movie
Really
Who
Murphy
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
Me
Book
Think
All-Around
Born
Inspiration
Idea
Come
Read
Around
Up
Article
Storyteller
Newspaper
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 to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.
Jackie Collins
Writing
Research
Believe
About
Like
Know
Reader
Order
Anything
Places
Personally
Transport
I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.
Jackie Collins
Me
Book
Finished
First
Critic
Bestseller
About
Finishing
Never
He
Instant
Most
Read
Became
Accepted
Male
Encouraged
Friends
Shocking
Confident
Away
Ever
Publisher
Right
Right Away
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
Today
Woman
People
Better
Sex
Men
Back
Magazine
About
Collins
Writes
No-One
Know
Talking
Because
Said
Am
Still
Shocking
Than
Jackie
Why
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 invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
Jackie Collins
Book
Invent
Final
Completed
About
Something
Write
He
Know
Because
Beforehand
Up
Very
Ends
After
Ask
Publisher
Differently
I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.
Jackie Collins
You
You Can Do It
Fans
Mind
Dream
About
Something
Write
Know
Real
American
Getting
American Dream
Real Thing
Your
Thing
Set
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
Jackie Collins
Music
You
Book
Will
Stars
Think
Considered
Rap
Rap Music
New
Like
New Book
Also
Hip-Hop
Lot
Lovers
Who
Players
I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.
Jackie Collins
TV
TV Series
About
Studios
Talking
Making
Am
American
Currently
Series
Star
You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old.
Jackie Collins
You
Old
Three
Got
Years
Hands
Children
Your
Full
Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.
Jackie Collins
Will
Unsolicited
Read
Because
Essential
Agents
Manuscripts
Publishers
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.
Jackie Collins
Life
You
Writing
First
Style
Think
Rule
About
Write
Know
Done
Your
Copy
People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
Jackie Collins
You
Together
People
Wealth
Three
Power
Think
Intrigued
Only
Fame
Get
Where
Place
Hollywood
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