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Sidney Sheldon Quotes

American - Novelist | February 11, 1917 - January 30, 2007

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

Story Hollywood First Years Writer

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

Talent Gift Appreciate Away Taken

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.

Leadership Live Happiness Great Man

Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long.

Women Value Long Been Far Too

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

You Write Yours Movie Novel Hundred

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

People Me Night Feel Tell Up

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.

Woman Tea New York Me Lunch Lawyer

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

Attitude Live Time People Exploring

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

Great Feel Go Right Make Situations

I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

People World Think Identify I Think

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.

Research World Will Write Been

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.

Success Me Think Care Feel Secret

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