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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
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Sidney Schechtel
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Narrative
Freedom
Form
Love

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