Danielle Steel

“Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.”

“I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.”

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

“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…”

“I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.”

“You need to wake yourself up and take a grab at life. No one is going to hand it to you.”

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

“Hang in. We’ll make it. We all have each other.”

“It was the cruelest of destiny’s tricks, the death of a young person.”

“There was something much greater she needed to feed her soul, and perhaps one day soon she would go...”

“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 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!”

“Some people are just different, even in the same family.”

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

“I decided I would never do interviews again.”

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

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

“I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.”

“It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.”

“I wish I were braver, although I try.”