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Sidney Sheldon

"I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it."

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Donna Grant

"I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job."

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Donna Grant

"Find as much information about your subject as you can."

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Donna Grant

"Archive material is a fabulous starting point - individual documents are like signposted roads, heading to a variety of intriguing possibilities."

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Donna Grant

"The biologically harmful effects of man-made environmental radiation was a jigsaw of existing information that needed to be assembled by a group of independent researchers that had a broad range of knowledge and were free of corrupt corporate government influence."

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Donna Grant

"I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research."

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Donna Grant

"They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not."

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Donna Grant

"A successful radiation researcher must research both radiation and the harmful biological effects of the radiation exposures received by the researcher."

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Donna Grant

"No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an efficiency of 50% with marine propellers."

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Donna Grant

"The CIA's research program is described in a book called The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

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Donna Grant

"There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research."

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Sidney Sheldon
"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."

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Sidney Sheldon
"I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting."

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Sidney Sheldon
"Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived."

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Sidney Sheldon
"I think people throughout the world identify with my characters."

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Sidney Sheldon
"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."

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Sidney Sheldon
"Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that."

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Sidney Sheldon
"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."

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Sidney Sheldon
"I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader."

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Sidney Sheldon
"I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story."

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Sidney Sheldon
"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."

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