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.
- Danielle Steel
Love, Like, Which, My Own
People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice.
- Danielle Steel
Voice, Need, Tone, Warmth
A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.
- Danielle Steel
Bad, Someone, Having, Baking
My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
- Danielle Steel
Want, Bad, Read, Reviews
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.
- Danielle Steel
Through, Agent, Rejections, Revising
I'm probably the most uptight, conservative person you'll meet. I'm very religious.
- Danielle Steel
Religious, Most, Very, Uptight
I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.
- Danielle Steel
Work, Play, I Wish, Ethic
I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
- Danielle Steel
My Life, Young, Endlessly, Pools
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.
- Danielle Steel
Love, Temporary, Always, Lust
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
- Danielle Steel
Give, Though, Even, Bleak
Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.
- Danielle Steel
Grow, Sometimes, Sure, Bridge
I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
- Danielle Steel
Shoes, My Life, Practical, Surprisingly
At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.
- Danielle Steel
Quite A Bit, Quite, John, None
I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
- Danielle Steel
Going, Shut, Very, Old Lady
I wish I were braver, although I try.
- Danielle Steel
Wish, I Wish, Although, Braver
I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.
- Danielle Steel
Kind, Need, Like, Waiters
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.
- Danielle Steel
Always, Last, Shop, Wind
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.
- Danielle Steel
Always, Show, Made, Ran
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
- Danielle Steel
Old, First, Novel, Completed
I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
- Danielle Steel
Bad, Once, Norman Mailer, Norman
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
- Danielle Steel
People, Think, Lucky, Exempt
If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.
- Danielle Steel
Magic, See, Tale, Fairy
If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.
- Danielle Steel
Magic, Face, See, Fairytale
I believe in love at first sight for houses - but not for people.
- Danielle Steel
Love, Sight, Houses, I Believe
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!
- Danielle Steel
Silly, Like, Still, Horrified
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.
- Danielle Steel
Steel, Difficult, Going, Apart
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.
- Danielle Steel
Famous, Other, Other Kids, Adopted
I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.
- Danielle Steel
Love, Eggs, Could, Eater
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.
- Danielle Steel
Real, Wrote, Teenage, Teenage Years
I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.
- Danielle Steel
Grace, Believe, Gracefully, Aging
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.
- Danielle Steel
Been, Very, Mostly, Adult Life
I always try to write about believable people.
- Danielle Steel
Try, Always, About, Believable
A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
- Danielle Steel
Character, Begins, Image, I Care
You can't have nine children and not be organized. Otherwise it just looks like Appalachia.
- Danielle Steel
Looks, Nine, Otherwise, Organized
I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.
- Danielle Steel
Wonderful, Share, Them, Homes
My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.
- Danielle Steel
Precious, More, I Write, All Night
I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.
- Danielle Steel
Grow, Universe, Want, Miss
I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
- Danielle Steel
San Francisco, Francisco, Paris
Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent, and you feel those people filling your life.
- Danielle Steel
Solitary, Endeavor, Invent, Filling
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.
- Danielle Steel
Famous, Needed, Occurred, Astonished
I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
- Danielle Steel
Famous, Never, Wanted, Occurred
I decided I would never do interviews again.
- Danielle Steel
Never, Decided, Would, Interviews
It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
- Danielle Steel
Myself, Invisible, Made, Visible
I studied literature design and fashion design.
- Danielle Steel
Fashion, Design, Literature, Studied
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.
- Danielle Steel
Famous, Bad, More, Bad Things
Loading more quotes...
If you're searching for quotes on a different topic, feel free to browse our Topics page or explore a diverse collection of quotes from various Authors to find inspiration.