Sidney Sheldon Quotes

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• I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
• I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.
• The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.
• When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Nothing lasts forever
• A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
• When they die no one will ever know that once they lived.
• Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.
• the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
• God cannot take sides; for He is in all of us. We are all a part of Him, and when we try to destroy Him,…
• Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.
• You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and…
• I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.
• Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be…

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