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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.
Sidney Sheldon
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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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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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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 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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Coleridge wrote, Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.
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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
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I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.
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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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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
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you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
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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 try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
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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 you don't know why,I could never explain it to you.
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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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A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
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I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.
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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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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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Nothing lasts forever
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