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Sidney Sheldon Quotes
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Sidney Sheldon
American
Novelist
Born:
Feb 11
,
1917
Died:
Jan 30
,
2007
Life
Me
People
Try
World
You
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My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.
Sidney Sheldon
Day
Every Day
World
Better
Police
Heroes
Every
Our
Those
Our World
Members
Risk
Better Place
Firefighters
Armed
Armed Forces
Protect
Make
Forces
Place
Who
Lives
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
Sidney Sheldon
Environmental
You
Better
Try
Earth
Better Place
Leave
Arrived
Than
Place
I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.
Sidney Sheldon
Nature
People
Others
Kind
Admire
Fair
Who
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.
Sidney Sheldon
Me
Woman
Gorgeous
Old
Men
Out
About
Never
Had
Bottles
Idea
Genie
Always
Coming
Were
Been
Male
Stories
Old Men
Created
Really
Premise
Appealed
Series
Based
Fat
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.
Sidney Sheldon
You
Clothes
Thinking
Other
Characters
More
Only
Hand
Process
In-Depth
Rooms
Much
Describe
Novel
When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.
Sidney Sheldon
Me
People
Tell
All Night
Feel
Like
Up
Them
Succeeded
Night
Kept
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
Way
Out
Characters
Put
How
Precarious
Get
Situations
Them
Then
Figure
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
Sidney Sheldon
Try
Heroes
Give
Both
Emotional
Motivation
Provides
Which
Actions
Villains
I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.
Sidney Sheldon
World
Will
Research
Unless
About
Write
Been
Personally
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.
Sidney Sheldon
Success
Me
Care
Think
Secret
Everything
Characters
About
Feel
Readers
Real
Very
Any
Them
Therefore
The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.
Sidney Sheldon
Life
Women
Strong
My Life
Characters
Physically
Fact
Also
Attractive
Known
Female
Female Characters
Reflects
Personalities
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