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title: "54 Books Quotes By James Patterson"
description: "James Patterson book quotes about e‑books, escape, and encouraging reading."
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> [Better readers are better thinkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/better-readers-are-better-thinkers/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/nowhere-will-you-meet-more-interesting-people-than-in-books/)

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> [The more you read, the better you get at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-more-you-read-the-better-you-get-at-it/)

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> [What kind of thoughtless creep would burn a book?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/what-kind-of-thoughtless-creep-would-burn-a-book/)

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> [It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-was-like-meeting-someone-out-of-your-dreams-or-fantasies-or-a/)

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> [You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/you-see-one-of-the-best-things-about-reading-is-that-you-ll-always/)

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> [Anybody who wants to take a quick beach trip out there should sit down with the book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/anybody-who-wants-to-take-a-quick-beach-trip-out-there-should-sit/)

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> [That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/that-d-be-just-what-i-need-a-rash-of-car-thefts-across-america/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-kid-who-hates-reading-there-are-kids-who/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/my-favorite-books-are-actually-very-complicated-one-hundred-years-of/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-s-our-job-as-parents-grandparents-aunts-uncles-to-find-books-our/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [When you go out to Hollywood, it's like, "Here's the book. It is what it is. It'll always stay the same."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/when-you-go-out-to-hollywood-it-s-like-here-s-the-book-it-is-what-it/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [One of the interesting things about YA books - I don't know about Percy Jackson, but I do know about 'Twilight' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/one-of-the-interesting-things-about-ya-books-i-don-t-know-about-percy/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [With my adult books, for the first six weeks or so, it's about 60 percent ebooks in terms of sales. The kids'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/with-my-adult-books-for-the-first-six-weeks-or-so-it-s-about-60/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-think-e-books-are-terrific-in-their-own-right-i-love-being-able-to/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-writing-in-mission-to-paris-sentence-after-sentence-page-after/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-did-know-that-the-book-would-end-with-a-mind-boggling-trial-but-i/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [This is what I believe is most important: getting good books into the hands of kids - books that will make them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/this-is-what-i-believe-is-most-important-getting-good-books-into-the/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [“books of my fellow Living History trippers. Or at least get me out of their bad ones. Now to come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/books-of-my-fellow-living-history-trippers-or-at-least-get-me-out-of/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-never-read-detective-novels-i-started-out-in-graduate-school/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-idea-for-maximum-ride-come-from-the-earlier-books-of-mine-called/)

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> [I always figured there would be a kid audience and an adult audience, and there is. That's true for 'Hunger Games' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-always-figured-there-would-be-a-kid-audience-and-an-adult-audience/)

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> [I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like crazy right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-didn-t-care-for-most-of-the-books-i-was-being-asked-to-read-in/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/as-we-go-through-this-transition-where-a-lot-more-people-will-be/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/in-my-office-in-florida-i-have-i-think-30-manuscript-piles-around-the/)

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> [If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-the-white-house-could-do-more-to-tell-parents-that-getting/)

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> [Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/commercial-books-don-t-even-get-covered-the-reason-why-so-many-book/)

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> [Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/let-s-face-it-most-of-us-don-t-realize-it-but-we-are-failing-our-kids/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [“HYSTERICAL HISTORY Bumping into Vincent O’Neil makes me think about what Uncle Frankie said. I need new material for Boston, not Vincent’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/hysterical-history-bumping-into-vincent-o-neil-makes-me-think-about/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [“Quote from James Patterson's book "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" "Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/quote-from-james-patterson-s-book-suzanne-s-diary-for-nicholas/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [“I can close the book on this part of our history. I can start a new chapter, but it doesn't matter. because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-can-close-the-book-on-this-part-of-our-history-i-can-start-a-new/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-best-way-to-get-kids-reading-more-is-to-give-them-books-that-they/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [As I do with all of my books, I outlined The Beach House from the beginning to end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/as-i-do-with-all-of-my-books-i-outlined-the-beach-house-from-the/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-vampire-underworld-is-much-larger-than-most-people-could-imagine/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-have-a-number-of-writers-i-work-with-regularly-i-write-an-outline/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-believe-we-should-spend-less-time-worrying-about-the-quantity-of/)

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> [Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/kids-say-the-no-1-reason-they-don-t-read-more-is-that-they-can-t-find/)

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> [Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/kids-don-t-read-as-much-as-you-d-like-them-to-just-in-terms-of-seeing/)

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> [I do 30 to 40 books a year, so it's a fair amount of reading. Back and forth between nonfiction and fiction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-do-30-to-40-books-a-year-so-it-s-a-fair-amount-of-reading-back-and/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I love movies and I like a lot of good television. At the end of the project, I don't care if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-love-movies-and-i-like-a-lot-of-good-television-at-the-end-of-the/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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## More by James Patterson

> [It was a little weird that they were friends. But then, maybe freaks just tended to find each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-was-a-little-weird-that-they-were-friends-but-then-maybe-freaks/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-next-forty-five-minutes-in-that-office-was-about-as-much-fun-as-a/)

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> [As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to make sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/as-we-go-through-this-transition-where-a-lot-more-people-will-be/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/max-you-have-a-bigger-mission-than-finding-the-flock-s-parents-focus/)

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> [You're lying through your fangs," Iggy accused. Fang tried to play innocent--but "innocent Fang" is an oxymoron, so it didn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/you-re-lying-through-your-fangs-iggy-accused-fang-tried-to-play/)

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> [There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what can happen is beyond what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/there-are-reasons-people-seek-escape-in-books-and-one-of-those/)

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> [I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him the—never mind.)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-shot-him-the-bird-get-it-i-shot-him-the-never-mind/)

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> [I get up every morning and chop wood, and I pretty much do it seven days a week, and I like to do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-get-up-every-morning-and-chop-wood-and-i-pretty-much-do-it-seven/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [Witihin seconds the headhunter had lost control of his car and it squealed, sliding sideways right into several other cars. Cool!' said the Gasman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/witihin-seconds-the-headhunter-had-lost-control-of-his-car-and-it/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-was-scary-more-than-sara-could-possibly-know-more-than-anybody/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/did-i-want-a-dog-no-did-i-need-a-dog-also-no-we-were-six-kids-running/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-a-girl-who-has-been-tamping-down-her-emotions-and-keeping-them/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [When my son, Jack, was four, I had to make a trip to Los Angeles. I asked him if he was going to miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/when-my-son-jack-was-four-i-had-to-make-a-trip-to-los-angeles-i-asked/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [“that kid’s nothing but a little hoodlum.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/that-kid-s-nothing-but-a-little-hoodlum/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [Jeezum—humans were like eggshells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/jeezum-humans-were-like-eggshells/)

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                        "text": "Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a lot of stuff that nobody cares about. Imagine if the movie pages covered none of the big movies and all they covered were movies that you couldn't even find in the theater?",
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                        "text": "Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's important that your kids see you reading. Not just books - reading the newspaper is good, too.",
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                        "text": "“HYSTERICAL HISTORY Bumping into Vincent O’Neil makes me think about what Uncle Frankie said. I need new material for Boston, not Vincent’s stale and stinky fart jokes from The Big Book of Butt Bugles and Blampfs. So I keep my eyes open for new concepts to work out as I go to history class that afternoon. We’re supposed to give a presentation on our favorite president. I chose Millard Fillmore. Why? Because nobody else will. Plus, his name is funny. Who knows? Maybe I’ll get a whole bit out of him for Boston. I roll to the front of the class and prop a portrait of President Fillmore on the flip-chart easel. “Millard Fillmore was the thirteenth president of the United States. Born in January 1800, he was named after a duck. No, I’m sorry. That was his brother Mallard Fillmore. Millard Fillmore was the last member of the Whig Party to ever hold the office of president. Probably because they all wore wigs.”",
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                        "text": "“I can close the book on this part of our history. I can start a new chapter, but it doesn't matter. because now, the magic is everywhere.”",
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