Occupation: Novelist Birth: October 4, 1937 Death: September 19, 2015
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre..
I love London and Los Angeles equally. I was born and brought up London and then I went to Los Angeles as a teenager to stay with my sister Joan. So ….
My books flow. People say they pick them up and they can't put them down. It's because when I'm writing them I pick my pen up and I cannot put my pen….
I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland a….
I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely..
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….
I love people-watching at the clubs in Los Angeles, where girls make fools of themselves and guys pay thousands of dollars for a couple of bottles of….
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….
Viagra is a drug, just like cocaine. It can cause you to become addicted..
I wake up in the morning and I still have a passion for what I do, and I'll be doing it when I'm 105, I'll be scribbling away. If it was 100 years ag….
The easier you make it look, the more difficult it is. Creating characters out of nothing, and making them interesting - and that's another advice I ….
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, ….
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 publ….
I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca.' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Ja….
Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about..
Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your l….
For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and yellow legal pads are a must. And my….
Men are cheaters. Women are not to be trusted. And most people are dumb..
Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about..
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 on….