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.
Sidney SheldonShe undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.
Sidney SheldonThere'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.
Sidney Sheldon