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When they die, no one will ever know that they lived on this earth.

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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
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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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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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The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
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Writing novels is the most exciting
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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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When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.
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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 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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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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I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.
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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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Womens value has been under-recognized for far too long.
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Coleridge wrote, Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.
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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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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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If you don't know why,I could never explain it to you.
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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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Nothing lasts forever
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