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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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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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Coleridge wrote, Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.
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I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.
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I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
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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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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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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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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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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
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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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If. A two-letter word for futility.
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I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.
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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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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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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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Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap it
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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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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
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