57 Quotes by Dawn Steel

In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?

I would walk into my office, and I would close the door, and I would say, 'I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry'... At least, I wasn't going to let them see me cry.

The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse.

I think exciting sexuality is part of the fantasy, part of the entertainment of a love story.

You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.

You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.

Don't believe everything you read in the trades.

It's unfathomable how you live without your mother.

I don't know that I would say abrasive. In some ways, I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day, and maybe I was insensitive considering the pressures and responsibilities of these jobs.