Quotes by Sidney Sheldon

“The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagles wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.”

“On Jeannie it said Created by Sidney Sheldon, written by Sidney Sheldon. It was like an ego trip,”

“As I dictate, other characters come in and the story begins to form, and I really talk the story,”

“Some of the most flattering fan mail I get are from women who want to know how I can understand and write like a woman, and that pleases me very much because I love women,”

“That was the year every show on the air went to color, except for one, and I found out that Screen Gems wasnt willing to pay for color because it was an extra $300 a show,”

“It also came at a time that the networks werent liberal about what they showed, and the network panicked when they realized theyd bought a show with a beautiful half-naked woman who moves in with a bachelor and says, What can I do for you? I got a 22-page memo, with specific guidelines of what we couldnt do.”

“Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.”

“When people tell me Ive kept them up all night, I feel like Ive succeeded.”

“What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.”

“The Sky Is Falling”

Life is like a novel. Its filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasnt enough for me. Can you understand that?

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

A blank piece of paper is Gods way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.

the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.

Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.

Its coming face to face with death that magnifies the values of life force..

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and youre in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.