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I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
Sidney Sheldon
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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
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Chicago
Illinois
Sidney Schechtel
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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?
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Womens value has been under-recognized for far too long.
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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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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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Coleridge wrote, Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.
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The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
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When they die, no one will ever know that they lived on this earth.
Sidney Sheldon
I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.
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I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it
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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.
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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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Nothing lasts forever
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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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you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
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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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To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.
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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.
Sidney Sheldon
He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.
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.
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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
Sidney Sheldon