A biography for Danielle Steelhasn’t been written yet.
“It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.”
“Remember me? I'm back to my old self again. No responsibilities, no attachments, no encumbrances. I don't want to own anything, love anyone, or get too attached to people, places or things. It's a rule that seems to work well for me.”
“Never lose hope, and if you can, find the courage to love again.”
“You can't have nine children and not be organized. Otherwise it just looks like Appalachia.”
“I don't want to have to give up me, in order to be his.”
“When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.”
“At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.”
“If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.”
“I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.”
“In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.”
“They just had to be patient. Destiny would bring them what they needed, yet again.”
“My relationships were never equitable. My husbands were always older than me, and they made the rules, they ran the show, and I followed them.”
“I always try to write about believable people.”
“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.”
“I started writing stories as a child.”
“Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.”
“A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.”
“My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.”
“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.”
“It was frightening to realize how fast things could go wrong.”