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Another woman approached me wh...

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

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Usually, when people get to th...

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.

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Abraham Lincoln because he was...

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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If there is any secret to my s...

If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them.

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I think people throughout the ...

I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

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When you write a movie, you ha...

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

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The Dalai Lama. He is a very w...

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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I love the freedom that the na...

I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.

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I try to give both my heroes a...

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

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I worked in Hollywood as a rea...

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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The fact that my female charac...

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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When people tell me I've kept ...

When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.

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I think that's because believa...

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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I always spend time exploring ...

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 wanted to make sure that the...

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.

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Stories had always been told a...

Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

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The part of my writing I find ...

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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There's this sense of exciteme...

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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I will survive, Tracy thought....

I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.

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We're flimflam artists. But re...

We're flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can't con people unless they're greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can't cheat an honest man.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....