I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.

You don't need to show off your body to catch a boy's eye. You'd best learn that early on, or you'll be bringing home the worst sort of boy.

Don't worry about it. The right thing will come at the right time.

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

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.

Who doesn't need hope in their lives: hope that something can change, that someone cares, that not only bad things happen unexpectedly but good things can happen to us too?

In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.