Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel, better known by the name Danielle Steel, is an American novelist, currently the best selling author alive and the fourth bestselling author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 August 1947
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
lighting
I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
beach moving california
I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
mean writing survival
Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.
things-in-life one-thing
Love meant something to her, she dreamt of it, thought of it, wrote of it. It was the one thing in life that had eluded her completely.
interviews decided
I decided I would never do interviews again.
years firsts literature
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
wedding-reception heard victoria
Victoria heard across the wedding reception dance floor "You're loveable"!
pain love-is people
Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works
want claims ifs
You can have anything you want, if you go out and get it. If you claim it as your own. You have a right to it.
dream never-settle someday
Never settle for less than your dreams, somewhere, sometime, someday, somehow, you'll find them
children book writing
I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right except me. I find the same thing in writing: you think that everybody knows what they're doing and that you don't.
writing play lunch
If you let anything infringe on your writing time, it will. And you won't get the writing done. Taking one day off can cost me five days of getting back in the mood. Going out to lunch can cost me anywhere from five hours to three days. And for me it's not worth it. For my own sense of well-being I have to finish my work before I can play.
wall writing animal
Like a small animal burrowing into its hole, I shift furniture around, and back myself into a cozy corner, with my back to the wall...and then I can write.
children book reading
It would be hard for me to overestimate the importance of reading. Nothing can expand the mind and heart like the magic al world of books. .... Our libraries are an essential resource for our children, our communities, and our future.