Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Jacqueline Susann

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Jacqueline Susann.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Jacqueline Susann was an American novelist and actress. Her iconic novel, Valley of the Dolls (1966), is one of the best-selling books in publishing history. With her two subsequent works, The Love Machine (1969) and Once Is Not Enough (1973), Susann became the first author to have three novels top The New York Times Best Seller List consecutively.

American - Novelist | August 20, 1918 - September 21, 1974

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

Jacqueline Susann

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

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. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut.

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

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

Jacqueline Susann

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

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

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

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 your eyes glued to the top.

Jacqueline Susann

The 60s will be remembered for The Beatles, Andy Warhol and Me!

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People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that time had passed and things weren't as bright or attractive as they had been.

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Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter or qualify it. And I should despise it if anyone ever begged for my love. Love is something that must be given -- it can't be bought with words or pity, or even reason.

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Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.

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

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Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.

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

Money bought freedom; without it one could never be free.

Jacqueline Susann

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

Jacqueline Susann

A new book is just like any new product, like a detergent. You have to acquaint people with it. They have to know it's there. You only get to be number one when the public knows about you.

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