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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
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Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
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Do you always throw your money away like this? Only when I'm in love.
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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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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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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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I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.
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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.
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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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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.
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Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.
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The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
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I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.
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Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap it
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She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.
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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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Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.
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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
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Writing novels is the most exciting
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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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