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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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you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Do you always throw your money away like this? Only when I'm in love.
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Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.
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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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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.
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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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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
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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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If you don't know why,I could never explain it to you.
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