Sidney Sheldon Quotes

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• There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.
• Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.
• I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because…
• Writing novels is the most exciting
• 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.…
• I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it
• The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
• The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.
• 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…
• My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members…
• I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.
• Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.
• When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.
• 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…
• I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.

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