I studied literature design and fashion design.

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

I wish I were braver, although I try.

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

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

I'm astonished by my success.

If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

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

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.