That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.

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.

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.

Sometimes life will make you give up what you love most.

She didn't want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.

I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things.

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.