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

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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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I always try to write about believable people.
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I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right except me. I find the same thing in writing: you think that everybody knows what they're doing and that you don't.
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I just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once.
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For the moment, my life is a little schizophrenic.
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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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That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.
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Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.
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If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually.
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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 work too hard and don't play enough.
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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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I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.
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Life, a good life, a great life is about Why not? May we never forget it.
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We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.
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.. that terrible feeling that you're not good enough to be loved by the people you love most, and eventually by anyone else.
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Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works
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I don't want to have to give up me, in order to be his.
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You'd be surprised how fast things happen when the right man comes along.
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There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]
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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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