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Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#authors #because #being #books #change

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#accepted #away #became #bestseller #book

I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#after #asks #because #beforehand #book

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#around #either #else #i #ideas

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? ↗

— Jackie Collins

#help #need #philosophy #sick #unless

The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time with my baby. Oh yeah, I bet your other family is really thrilled. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#baby #bet #family #going #grown

To be willing to sort of die in order to move the reader, somehow. Even now I'm scared about how sappy this'll look in print, saying this. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#die #even #even now #how #i

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#few #first #great #his #hours

More students have a better knowledge of pop culture than of the Constitution. ↗

— Charles Bowen

#constitution #culture #knowledge #more #pop

Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult. ↗

— James C. Collins

#company #competitors #crisis #during #every