All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie.

There's always things that you know about that nobody else, because everybody's life is different. So you write about what you know. That's number one.

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.

Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board.

I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.

I don't like being in one place too long. Five days just about does it for me because I have a very low threshold for boredom.