Gradually I find that my whole soul is merging itself into this business of writing, and especially of writing poetry. I am going to try it; and am going to test, in the most rigid way I know, the awful question whether it is my vocation.


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The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue....
SIDNEY SHELDON
The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive prob...
SIDNEY SHELDON
If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I fee...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
SIDNEY SHELDON
There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide wheth...
SIDNEY SHELDON
The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very importan...
SIDNEY SHELDON
Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are crea...
SIDNEY SHELDON
Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long.
SIDNEY SHELDON
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpos...
SIDNEY SHELDON
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. An...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.
SIDNEY SHELDON
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation ...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations...
SIDNEY SHELDON
Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.
SIDNEY SHELDON
Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberatel...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.
SIDNEY SHELDON
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life...
SIDNEY POITIER
Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly f...
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL
All good work requires self-revelation.
SIDNEY LUMET
Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.
SIDNEY CROSBY
I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I ...
SIDNEY POITIER
If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary ...
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are kn...
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Liars ought to have good memories
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are kn...
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted
ALGERNON SIDNEY
If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary ...
ALGERNON SIDNEY
God helps those who help themselves.
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
ALGERNON SIDNEY
The peasant thanked her with their tears, When food and clothes were given; "This is a joy," t...
ALGERNON SIDNEY
He will go back to the old faith he learnt Beside his mother's knee.
ALGERNON SIDNEY
He told me once The saddest thing that can befall the soul, Is when it loses faith in God and ...
ALGERNON SIDNEY
The day is short, the work is much.
ALGERNON SIDNEY
Where liberty is, there is my country.
ALGERNON SIDNEY