Sidney Sheldon
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.Collection: Writing
the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.Collection: Differences
The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.Collection: Thinking
When they die, no one will ever know that they lived on this earth.Collection: Knows
It's bEtter tO hAte me 4 whO i Am,thAn tO lUv 4 wAt i'm pretNdng tO bE.Collection: Hate
Coleridge wrote, "Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.Collection: Dream
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 processCollection: Character
I’m tired of the lies and the cheating, and the broken promises that were never meant to be kept.Collection: Cheating
I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.Collection: Enemy
Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that?Collection: Ambition
She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.Collection: Blood
To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance.Collection: Justice
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?Collection: Thinking
He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.Collection: Trusted
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.Collection: Business
Nothing lasts foreverCollection: Forever
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.Collection: Artist
I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research itCollection: Writing
Writing novels is the most excitingCollection: Writing
Womens value has been under-recognized for far too long.Collection: Long
Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.Collection: Men
Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.Collection: Heaven
If you don't know why,I could never explain it to you.Collection: Knows
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.Collection: Veterans Day
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.Collection: Country