Danielle Steel Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms 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.
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At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.
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You can't have nine children and not be organized. Otherwise it just looks like Appalachia.
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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.
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I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.
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I believe in love at first sight for houses - but not for people.
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If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.
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I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.
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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.
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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.
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In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.
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I always try to write about believable people.
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I started writing stories as a child.
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When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
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I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.
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People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.
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I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
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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.
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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!
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I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
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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.
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A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.
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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.
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I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
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My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.
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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.
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I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
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I decided I would never do interviews again.
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If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.
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I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
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I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
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I wish I were braver, although I try.
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I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
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It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
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I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.
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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.
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I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.
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A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
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I studied literature design and fashion design.
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I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
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I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.
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Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I work too hard and don't play enough.
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I'm probably the most uptight, conservative person you'll meet. I'm very religious.
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I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
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I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.
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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.
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My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
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