Quotes from Jacqueline Susann

Age settled with more grace on ordinary people, but for celebrities Ã¢â'¬â€ women stars in particular Ã¢â'¬â€ age became a hatchet that vandalized a work of art.

I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.

New York you forgot how cold and bleak winter could be. The neon lights, the moving crowds, the taxi-filled streets stampeded the snow into slush and the slush into gray water that quickly disappeared and you forgot about the bare, desolate ground of the outside world. The loneliness of winter. The

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

Anne felt sad. People parted, years passed, they met again Ã¢â'¬â€ 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.

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

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.

she couldn't offer sympathy to a girl who regarded the incident as a stroke of marvelous luck. "Well

There was an acceptance at face value in New York, as if everyone had just been born, with no past heritage to acknowledge or hide.

She fastened her attention on the taxi window as they drove crosstown. It was one of those last wonderful days in October, when the air is balmy and the faded sun tries to pretend it's spring.

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

Listen, all I ask in the next life is to come back as a beautiful broad

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

No one should give up a dream without giving it a chance to come true.

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