Danielle Steel
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.Collection: Poetry
The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.Collection: Famous
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.Collection: Famous
I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.Collection: Famous
I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.Collection: Famous
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.Collection: Hope
If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.Collection: Future
I studied literature design and fashion design.Collection: Design
Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.
Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.
I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.
It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice.
Perfume is like a personal signature, which is why I like to mix my own. For years I've paired Femme by Rochas with Shalimar and love the results.
I wish I were braver, although I try.
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.
My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.
My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
It's difficult to talk to people... I walk into a room and I'm Danielle Steel, and whatever I say is going to be taken apart.
I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
I started writing stories as a child.
I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!
I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.
I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.
I decided I would never do interviews again.
I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.
A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.
I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.
I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.
I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.
I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.
I work too hard and don't play enough.
I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth.
I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.
You can't have nine children and not be organized. Otherwise it just looks like Appalachia.
I always try to write about believable people.
I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.
Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent, and you feel those people filling your life.
I'm probably the most uptight, conservative person you'll meet. I'm very religious.
My relationships were never equitable. My husbands were always older than me, and they made the rules, they ran the show, and I followed them.