Jackie on… Her writing ritual
“I’ve designed everything in my Beverly Hills home. It’s perfect place for a writer because it’s very calm and inspirational – a lot of white walls, buddhas and a David Hockney-style swimming pool. I write everything in long hand, then I give it to my assistant to type up. It’s incredibly time-consuming, but I can’t do it on the computer. I have to have my ritual; at the end of the book I have all my handwritten pages and have them bound in leather and then kept in my study, so I have all these leather-bound books. I LOVE having that. When I start a new book, I roll out of bed and go straight to my desk. I write one sentence, then get dressed, have coffee or green tea then go right back to my desk and start writing. If I’m doing a Brazilian scene I’ll have Brazilian music to get me in the mood. If it’s a sex scene? R Kelly.”
