Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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.
Sidney Sheldon
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Sidney Schechtel
Live
Teaching
Great
Wise
Dalai
Believe
Purpose
Lama
Make
Happiness
Teachings
Men
Peace
Continues
World
Lives
Believes
Place
Inner
Better
Leadership
More quotes by Sidney Sheldon
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
Sidney Sheldon
Do you always throw your money away like this? Only when I'm in love.
Sidney Sheldon
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.
Sidney Sheldon
We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.
Sidney Sheldon
When they die, no one will ever know that they lived on this earth.
Sidney Sheldon
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.
Sidney Sheldon
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.
Sidney Sheldon
Writing novels is the most exciting
Sidney Sheldon
I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it.
Sidney Sheldon
Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.
Sidney Sheldon
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.
Sidney Sheldon
I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it
Sidney Sheldon
I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.
Sidney Sheldon
It's bEtter tO hAte me 4 whO i Am,thAn tO lUv 4 wAt i'm pretNdng tO bE.
Sidney Sheldon
She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.
Sidney Sheldon
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.
Sidney Sheldon
I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.
Sidney Sheldon
the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
Sidney Sheldon
I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?
Sidney Sheldon
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.
Sidney Sheldon
