Top 136 Quotes & Sayings by Danielle Steel
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Danielle Steel.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.
A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.
You can't have nine children and not be organized. Otherwise it just looks like Appalachia.
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 work too hard and don't play enough.
It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.
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.
I decided I would never do interviews again.
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
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.
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 wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.
I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
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.
I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.
I studied literature design and fashion design.
If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.
I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
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 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.
Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.
If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.
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.
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 grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.
I started writing stories as a child.
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 completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
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.
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.
I always try to write about believable people.
I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.
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 wish I were braver, although I try.
I believe in love at first sight for houses - but not for people.
My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
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.
At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.
My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.
I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
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.
I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.
I'm probably the most uptight, conservative person you'll meet. I'm very religious.
I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.
You don’t know how lucky you are, my dear. Don’t waste it with regrets of the places and people you have lost. You have a lifetime to fill, so many good times and good years and great people ahead of you. You must rush to meet it.
Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.
Never settle for less than your dreams, somewhere, sometime, someday, somehow, you'll find them
Nothing is forever, but there's a continuing stream of people who go through our lives and continue with us... Nothing just stops and stays... But it flows on... Like a river.
It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.
Don't worry about it. The right thing will come at the right time.
That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.
Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.
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