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

— Danielle Steel

People are so obsessed with that these days. As long as you're healthy, what difference do a few pounds make? Crazy diets. Thirteen-year-old girls on magazine covers who wind up in hospitals because they're so anorexic. Real women don't look like that. And who wants them to? No one wants a woman who looks sick or like she’s been from a refugee camp.

— Danielle Steel

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.

— Danielle Steel

She felt lately as though she had served her purpose, done her job, and been dispensed with, not only by her children, but by her husband as well.

— Danielle Steel

She was so full of holes now, she was like a Swiss cheese.

— Danielle Steel

Somehow you drift along on the river, and one day you wake up, and you’re someplace you don’t want to be, with someone you realize you don’t know.

— Danielle Steel

Some people are just different, even in the same family.

— Danielle Steel

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

— Danielle Steel

Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet… it’s so hard to let them go… to forget… to move ahead…

— Danielle Steel

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