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Jacqueline Susann

Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974) was an American writer and actress. Her first 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 consecutive #1 novels on The New York Times Best Seller List.

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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.

Climbing, Eye, Eyes, Glued, Looks, Take

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

Different, Judging, Opinions, People, Sides

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

Concerned, Essayists, Left, Literature, Novelists, Thinking

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.

Memories, Passed, People, Warm, Years

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

Long, Man, Men, Running, Runs

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

Gone, Library, Milk, Orgy, Wind, Wow

Did money give people a blind spot? Rob them of their hearing?

Blind, Blind Spots, Give, Giving, Money, People

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

60S, Andy, Beatles, Remembered, Warhol

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

Bought, Free, Freedom, Money

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

Choose, Identity, Let, Shame

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

Everyone, Identity, Show, Shows

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

Tell, Wanna, Way, Write, Writing

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

Hands, Philip, Shakes, Want, Writer

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.

Book, Detergent, Like, Numbers, People, Product

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

Actress, Glamour, Hard, Hard Work, Motivational, Writing

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

Night, Thinking, Time, Writing

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.

Make, Minutes, Seconds, Thing, Want, Yes

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.

Beggar, Bought, Love Is, Pity, Want

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.

Blue, Cutting, Motivation, Motivations, Pink, Work

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

Measure, Numbers, Quantify, Success, Sustain, Tragedy