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.

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.

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

I'm a storyteller, I'm not a literary writer, and I don't want to be a literary writer. People say to me, "Oh, when are you going to write something different?" What? I don't want to write anything different. I'm writing relationships between people, all different colors, all different sizes, all different sexual orientations, and that's what I want to do.

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

You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old.

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.