Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.

I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.

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.

So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.

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.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.