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. – Sidney Sheldon
I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others. – Sidney Sheldon
If there is any secret to my success, I think its that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them. – Sidney Sheldon
I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor – which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history. – Sidney Sheldon