45 Quotes by Jacqueline Susann

A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.