Why aren't crazy people content to take over, like, one town? It always has to be the whole word. They can't just… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
A lot of writers fall in love with their sentences or their construction of sentences, and sometimes that's great, but not everybody… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
It's funny how different people are. If I'd been this kid and someone was snarling "Ordering a pizza?" at me, without even… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I love this idea of expanding the game universe. It has been limited. I guess probably because the genre was so successful,… — 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
People always remember the worst day of their lifes. It becomes a part of them forever. — 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
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
A classroom . People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but… — 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