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Danielle Steel
American
Novelist
About the author
My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Kids
#Day
#Night
I'm astonished by my success.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Success
If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Magic
#Future
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Years
#Passion
#Poetry
#Teenage
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.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Talk
#People
I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Want
I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Famous
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#People
#Famous
Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you have to just jump off the bridge and grow wings on your way down.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
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.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Kids
#Children
#Rights
#Famous
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.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Trying
It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Being
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.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Life
#Kids
#Trying
#Car
#Driving
A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Old
#Lady
#Lonely
At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Life
#Hope
#People
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Years
#Old
#First
I decided I would never do interviews again.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
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.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Money
#Night
#Job
I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
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!
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#People
#Children
#Weather
#Sun
#Summer
#Silly
#Lying
I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Paris
#Beach
I started writing stories as a child.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Writing
I studied literature design and fashion design.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Fashion
#Literature
#Design
I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Work
A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
Danielle Steel,
American
Novelist
#Character
#Care