--- title: "Best Books Quotes by James Patterson" description: "54 Books quotes by James Patterson. Plus more from James Patterson and more Books sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/james-patterson-171_books_i-m-very-conscious-that-i-m-an-entertain_2223137.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-very-conscious-that-i-m-an-entertainer-something-like-73-percent/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/james-patterson-171_books_i-m-very-conscious-that-i-m-an-entertain_2223137.jpg) > [Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/schools-and-parents-can-team-up-to-find-books-that-kids-will-really/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/james-patterson-171_about_schools-and-parents-can-team-up-to-find_437040.png) > [There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what can happen is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/there-are-reasons-people-seek-escape-in-books-and-one-of-those/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/james-patterson-171_beyond_there-are-reasons-people-seek-escape-in_19091.jpg) > [They're afraid of change, and we must change. They're afraid of the young, and we are the young. They're afraid of music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/they-re-afraid-of-change-and-we-must-change-they-re-afraid-of-the/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/james-patterson-171_afraid_they-re-afraid-of-change-and-we-must-cha_2770585.jpg) > [There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/there-are-terrific-models-for-success-with-reluctant-readers-but-many/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/james-patterson-171_attitude_there-are-terrific-models-for-success-wi_1453934.png) > [The Beach House seems to be a hot summer read in Hollywood, too. A director and a writer, really terrific ones, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-beach-house-seems-to-be-a-hot-summer-read-in-hollywood-too-a/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/james-patterson-171_beach-house_the-beach-house-seems-to-be-a-hot-summer_617703.png) > [What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/what-i-m-really-addicted-to-is-getting-people-to-understand-that-if/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/james-patterson-171_addicted_what-i-m-really-addicted-to-is-getting-p_2244877.png) > [The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-fact-is-that-our-kids-aren-t-reading-books-or-frankly-much-of/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/james-patterson-171_anything_the-fact-is-that-our-kids-aren-t-reading_2599172.jpg) > [One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/one-of-the-nice-things-about-books-as-opposed-to-television-and/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/james-patterson-171_book_one-of-the-nice-things-about-books-as-op_2059775.png) > [I'm going to introduce BookShots, which are these under-150-page books that I'm launching, and they're under $5. They just launched in Australia.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-going-to-introduce-bookshots-which-are-these-under-150-page-books/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/james-patterson-171_add_i-m-going-to-introduce-bookshots-which-a_2985174.jpg) > [If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-you-re-not-reading-with-your-heart-as-well-as-your-brain-you-will/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/james-patterson-171_book_if-you-re-not-reading-with-your-heart-as_598940.jpg) > [Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/ultimately-a-great-thriller-is-a-roller-coaster-ride-i-like-to-think/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/james-patterson-171_book_ultimately-a-great-thriller-is-a-roller_2412094.jpg) > [If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-you-want-to-write-for-yourself-get-a-diary-if-you-want-to-write/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/james-patterson-171_blogs_if-you-want-to-write-for-yourself-get-a_2599239.png) > [When I was 26, I wrote my first mystery, 'The Thomas Berryman Number', and it was turned down by, I don't know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/when-i-was-26-i-wrote-my-first-mystery-the-thomas-berryman-number-and/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/james-patterson-171_best_when-i-was-26-i-wrote-my-first-mystery-t_844199.png) ## Other authors on Books - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/neil-gaiman/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 169 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 165 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 152 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/virginia-woolf/) - [Mark Twain 152 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 152 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/terry-pratchett/) - [Jarod Kintz 124 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/jarod-kintz/) - [Samuel Johnson 116 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 110 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 107 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/henry-david-thoreau/) ## 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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [“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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) > [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/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/james-patterson/#itemlist", "name": "Best Books Quotes by James Patterson", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm very conscious that I'm an entertainer. 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