Sidney Sheldon Quotes

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

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• The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I’ve known in my life.

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• There’s this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this type of creative process tremendously stimulating.

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• The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

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• Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

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• When people tell me I’ve kept them up all night, I feel like I’ve succeeded.

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• The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue. People didn’t realize it, but when Groucho said something, he meant it.

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• The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

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• What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

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• Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

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• When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it’s yours.

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• Women’s value has been under-recognized for far too long.

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• Writing novels is the most exciting.

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  Don’t give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don’t listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

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• My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place; police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.

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Sidney Sheldon (35)

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

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