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Danielle Steel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 14
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schülein-Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel
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Situation
Literature
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Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.
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There's a lid for every pot... You Just have to find yours. -Avery
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I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
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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.
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Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.
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You don't need to show off your body to catch a boy's eye. You'd best learn that early on, or you'll be bringing home the worst sort of boy.
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My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
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I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
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If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance
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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.
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Nothing is forever, but there's a continuing stream of people who go through our lives and continue with us... Nothing just stops and stays... But it flows on... Like a river.
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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 lives.
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I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
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You can have anything you want, if you go out and get it. If you claim it as your own. You have a right to it.
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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.
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I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
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I'm astonished by my success.
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Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.
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It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.
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That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.
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