Quotes By Danielle Steel

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.

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.

I'm astonished by my success.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

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'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.

I studied literature design and fashion design.

I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.

I decided I would never do interviews again.

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!

It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.

I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

I started writing stories as a child.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you have to just jump off the bridge and grow wings on your way down.

I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

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.

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.

I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.

If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.

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.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.

I wish I were braver, although I try.