Explore Quotes by Danielle Steel

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

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 decided I would never do interviews again.

I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.

I believe in love at first sight for houses - but not for people.

I always try to write about believable people.

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.

In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.

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

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

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

I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

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

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

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.