45 Quotes by Jacqueline Susann

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Before I came to New York I lived here, in this mausoleum. I was nothing. I was dead. When I came to New York it was like a veil lifting. For the first time I felt I was alive, breathing.

Helen Lawson: They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn’t go for booze and dope. Now get out of my way, I’ve got a man waiting for me.

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.