Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet... it's so hard to let them go... to forget... to move ahead.

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.

You'd be surprised how fast things happen when the right man comes along.

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

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.

There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.