#at

I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our country is in fact safer, stronger and wiser. ↗

— Richard Shelby

#community #country #ensure #fact #i

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

#attractive #characters #fact #female #female characters

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

— Sidney Sheldon

#fair #i #kind #nature #others

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. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#abraham lincoln #afraid #because #believed #compassion

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

#better #better place #continues #dalai #dalai lama

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. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#attitudes #countries #customs #exploring #far

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

— Sidney Sheldon

#feel #go #great #i #lengths

I love the freedom that the narrative form provides. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#freedom #i #i love #love #narrative

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

— Sidney Sheldon

#both #emotional #give #heroes #i

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

#characters #control #creative #creative process #decide