Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel, better known by the name Danielle Steel, is an American novelist, currently the best selling author alive and the fourth bestselling author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 August 1947
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
writing play lunch
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.
books books-and-reading nice people versions
People do like the film versions of things, ... I thought this was a nice way to get my books back into the marketplace.
children otherwise
You can't have nine children and not be organized. Otherwise it just looks like Appalachia.
exempt people
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
astonished famous occurred success wrote
I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.
I wish I were braver, although I try.
future
If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.
success congratulations
I'm astonished by my success.
san-francisco style dresses
There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]
writing trying stuff
I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.
worry right-time right-thing
Don't worry about it. The right thing will come at the right time.
children writing writing-stories
I started writing stories as a child.
children wind pieces
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.