“I can close the book on this part of our history. I can start a new chapter, but it doesn't matter. because… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
When you go out to Hollywood, it's like, "Here's the book. It is what it is. It'll always stay the same." — James Patterson Copy Share Image
It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Anybody who wants to take a quick beach trip out there should sit down with the book. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up. Even… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
When I was 26, I wrote my first mystery, 'The Thomas Berryman Number', and it was turned down by, I don't know,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm very conscious that I'm an entertainer. Something like 73 percent of my readers are college graduates, so you can't condescend to… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what can happen is… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment.… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like crazy right… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I always figured there would be a kid audience and an adult audience, and there is. That's true for 'Hunger Games' and… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“HYSTERICAL HISTORY Bumping into Vincent O’Neil makes me think about what Uncle Frankie said. I need new material for Boston, not Vincent’s… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“Quote from James Patterson's book "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" "Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The Beach House seems to be a hot summer read in Hollywood, too. A director and a writer, really terrific ones, are… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I do 30 to 40 books a year, so it's a fair amount of reading. Back and forth between nonfiction and fiction.… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
With my adult books, for the first six weeks or so, it's about 60 percent ebooks in terms of sales. The kids'… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about YA books - I don't know about Percy Jackson, but I do know about 'Twilight' and… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
This is what I believe is most important: getting good books into the hands of kids - books that will make them… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out.… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“books of my fellow Living History trippers. Or at least get me out of their bad ones. Now to come up with… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
It was a little weird that they were friends. But then, maybe freaks just tended to find each other. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“The next forty-five minutes in that office was about as much fun as a day at Disney World—when it’s pouring rain. And all there… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to make sure… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Max—you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
You're lying through your fangs," Iggy accused. Fang tried to play innocent--but "innocent Fang" is an oxymoron, so it didn't work. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what can happen is beyond what… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I get up every morning and chop wood, and I pretty much do it seven days a week, and I like to do it.… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Witihin seconds the headhunter had lost control of his car and it squealed, sliding sideways right into several other cars. Cool!' said the Gasman. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“It was scary. More than Sara could possibly know. More than anybody ought to know, or ever would. History wasn't for the general public--it… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really well for… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
![“I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really well for me. [...] And now I felt like my shell had a dangerous crack in it. Without much more effort on his part, it would split wide open and my enormous river of emotions…” quote by James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/275/james-patterson-171_cracks_i-m-a-girl-who-has-been-tamping-down-her_48205.jpg)