Danielle Steel Quotes

Never lose hope, and if you can, find the courage to love again.

I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.

Not everyone is meant to stay forever.

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

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

Victoria heard across the wedding reception dance floor "You're loveable"!

For the moment, my life is a little schizophrenic.

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.

When you can bring yourself to write about it one day, you will find it all less painful. It is a catharsis of sorts, but the process can be brutal. Don’t do it until you’re ready.

.. All you know is your parents telling you that you're not deserving, you're not worthy, and no one will ever want you. Believe me, tapes like that play so loud, you can't hear anything else. Even when it's clear otherwise.

Sometimes we have to face the things that hurt us most. Maybe you won’t heal till you do. You haven’t yet.” They both knew that was true. “You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.

If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance

Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

.. that terrible feeling that you're not good enough to be loved by the people you love most, and eventually by anyone else.

At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.

I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.

You don’t know how lucky you are, my dear. Don’t waste it with regrets of the places and people you have lost. You have a lifetime to fill, so many good times and good years and great people ahead of you. You must rush to meet it.

Things work out the way they're meant to

I just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once.

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

I don't just want to catch some guy and have a bunch of kids. I want to make something of myself.

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.

You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for.

I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.

If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually.

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

Nothing is irreversible except dying.

I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.

I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.

People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice.

Perfume is like a personal signature, which is why I like to mix my own. For years I've paired Femme by Rochas with Shalimar and love the results.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

Her life was beginning to make sense again, although she couldn’t say she was enjoying it. But her mind was clear, and her heart was not constantly as heavy. Only when she thought about him. But she knew that in time, she’d survive it. She had done it before and would again. Eventually the heart repairs.

But even she had figured out that there was no point giving up a great job and following him to the ends of the earth, when he simply refused to make any promises about, or even discuss, the future.

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.

I believe in love at first sight for houses - but not for people.

By sharing an experience, or creating an experience that we all go through where the character survives - though not easily, I always say that it's victory at a price - does give people hope.

There's a lid for every pot... You Just have to find yours. -Avery

I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!

Like a small animal burrowing into its hole, I shift furniture around, and back myself into a cozy corner, with my back to the wall...and then I can write.

People are so obsessed with that these days. As long as you're healthy, what difference do a few pounds make? Crazy diets. Thirteen-year-old girls on magazine covers who wind up in hospitals because they're so anorexic. Real women don't look like that. And who wants them to? No one wants a woman who looks sick or like she;s been from a refugee camp.

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

The way the world sees women vs. men is a subject that really interests me.