Danielle Steel Quotes - Page 5

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

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

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

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.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.

Love is quite violent. It is so painful at times, so devastating. And there is nothing worse or better. We find the highs and lows equally unbearable. But then again, the absence of them is more so.

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

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

Love meant something to her, she dreamt of it, thought of it, wrote of it. It was the one thing in life that had eluded her completely.

Nothing is irreversible except dying.

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

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

There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]

I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

I studied literature design and fashion design.

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

And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.

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

.. As far as they're conserned, I've been kind of a poor second best all my life, or I don't qualify at all compared to my brother. It's rough being around them and feeling like you never measure up." Collin

.. 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.

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.

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.

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.