Sidney Sheldon Quotes - Page 2

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• Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!

  Sidney Sheldon

  Two, Numbers, People

  Sidney Sheldon (2010). “The Other Side of Me”, p.40, HarperCollins UK

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• Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap it

  Sidney Sheldon

  Life Is, Thread, Snaps

  Sidney Sheldon (1992). “Three complete novels”, Wings

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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

  Writing, Men, Important

  "Author Sidney Sheldon dies", www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 31, 2007.

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• Do you always throw your money away like this?" "Only when I'm in love.

  Sidney Sheldon

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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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  Differences, Political, Rebel

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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.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Book, Writing, Sleep

  "Sidney Sheldon's guide to success", www.cnn.com. October 19, 2000.

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• Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

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  New York, Angel, Lunch

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• The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.

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  Thinking, Eagles, Wings

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

  Sidney Sheldon

  Knows, Dies

  "The Other Side of Me".

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• I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Narrative, Form

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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.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Character, Way, Figures

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• When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.

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  Night, People, Feels

  "Author Sidney Sheldon talks about his new novel, 'The Sky Is Falling'". Live Chat, www.cnn.com. October 13, 2000.

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• It's bEtter tO hAte me 4 whO i Am,thAn tO lUv 4 wAt i'm pretNdng tO bE.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Hate, Who I Am, Hate Me

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• Coleridge wrote, "Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.

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  Dream, Shadow, Substance

  Sidney Sheldon (1990). “Memories of Midnight”

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• In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process

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  Character, Thinking, Hands

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• I’m tired of the lies and the cheating, and the broken promises that were never meant to be kept.

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  Cheating, Lying, Tired

  Sidney Sheldon (2010). “Doomsday Conspiracy: The New Novel”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

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  Men, Ideas, Males

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• I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.

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  Enemy, Naked, Shields

  Sidney Sheldon (2007). “Master of the Game; If Tomorrow Comes”

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• I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

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  Years, Hollywood, Would Be

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• Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that?

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  Ambition, Saws, Hunger

  Sidney Sheldon (1992). “Three complete novels”, Wings

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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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  Attitude, Thinking, Important

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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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  Real, Character, Thinking

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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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  Happiness, Wise, Believe

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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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  Blood, Naked, Red

  Sidney Sheldon (2012). “If Tomorrow Comes”, p.3, HarperCollins UK

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• To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance.

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  Justice, Greek, Vengeance

  Sidney Sheldon (2012). “Memories of Midnight”, p.13, HarperCollins UK

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