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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?
Sidney Sheldon
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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
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Coleridge wrote, Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.
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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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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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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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you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
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Writing novels is the most exciting
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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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I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.
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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
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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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When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.
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You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.
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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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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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If. A two-letter word for futility.
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...but ready or not,life goes on.
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I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.
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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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