Sidney Sheldon Quotes

• The difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.

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• Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first.

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• Life is like a novel. It’s filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

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• A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it to be God.

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• Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.

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  Tags in Man, Great

• I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

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  Tags in Certain, Feel

• I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

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• I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.

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• I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

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  Tags in People, World

• I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I’m using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I’ve visited over 90 countries thus far.

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• Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read ‘Rage of Angels’. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

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• I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor – which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.

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  Tags in Man, Found

• Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

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  Tags in Always, Stories

• I think that’s because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I’m using for their setting.

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  Tags in Action

• I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

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• Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

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• I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

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• If there is any secret to my success, I think it’s that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them.

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  Topics in Success

• I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I’ve been there to personally research it.

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  Tags in World

• In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It’s a much more in-depth process.

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  Tags in Novel

Sidney Sheldon (35)

Birth:	11th February, 1917
Death:	30th January, 2007
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Novelist, Screenwriter, Television Producer, Writer

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• 1924 - Sarah Vaughan
• 1902 - Sidney Buchman
• 1892 - Thorne Smith
• 1986 - Mary Beth Whitehead

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• 2012 - Adrienne Rich
• 2006 - Stanisław Lem
• 2006 - Lyn Nofziger
• 1923 - James Dewar
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