Sidney Sheldon Quotes

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

Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.

You know, it's not fair. Women are judged inferior until we prove ourselves, and men are judged superior until they prove what assholes they are.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

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.

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

It moves at its own measured pace, for it has no reason to hurry. Tomorrow will come in its own good time.

If you don't know why,I could never explain it to you.

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.

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

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

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

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.

Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.

To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings.

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.

If. A two-letter word for futility.

I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Being poor is only romantic in books.

Writing novels is the most exciting

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.

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.

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?

God cannot take sides; for He is in all of us. We are all a part of Him, and when we try to destroy Him, we destroy ourselves.

To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.

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

Womens value has been under-recognized for far too long.

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

I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.