Jacqueline Susann Quotes

Jacqueline Susann — American Author born on August 20, 1918, died on September 21, 1974

Jacqueline Susann was an American author. Her first novel Valley of the Dolls is one of the best selling books of all time. Its success was fueled by an innovative worldwide promotional tour conceived by Susann and her husband, press agent Irving Mansfield. Susann's follow-up bestsellers, The Love Machine and Once Is Not Enough, made Susann the first author in history to have three #1 consecutive titles on The New York Times Best Seller List... (wikipedia)

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

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

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

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.

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

Jacqueline Susann Quotes

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