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Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap 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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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 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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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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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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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 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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We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.
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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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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
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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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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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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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If. A two-letter word for futility.
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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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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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