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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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"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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"Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946."

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"I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me."

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"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism."

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"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."

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"Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks."

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"The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life."
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"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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"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."
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"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."
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"I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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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"I love the freedom that the narrative form provides."
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