#m

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

#clothes #describe #hand #in-depth #more

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

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

#astronaut #found #genie #her #history

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

#any #care #characters #everything #feel

The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#books #changed #find #her #his

The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue. People didn't realize it, but when Groucho said something, he meant it. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#body #groucho #had #his #made