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. (Sidney Sheldon)
Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that. (Sidney Sheldon)
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. (Sidney Sheldon)
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)
I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others. (Sidney Sheldon)
When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded. (Sidney Sheldon)
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)
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived. (Sidney Sheldon)
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)
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)
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 Sheldon)
When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours. (Sidney Sheldon)
I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader. (Sidney Sheldon)
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)