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
writing trying stuff
I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
kids car trying
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.
long rejection trying
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.
writing people trying
I always try to write about believable people.
giving people trying
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
success congratulations
I'm astonished by my success.
san-francisco style dresses
There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]
worry right-time right-thing
Don't worry about it. The right thing will come at the right time.
children writing writing-stories
I started writing stories as a child.
children wind pieces
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.
moving past moving-ahead
You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.
girl mother teenage
Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.
things-in-life waiting worth-fighting-for
Some things in life are worth waiting for.
years firsts literature
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.