People Quotes by James Patterson

Hollywood is a peculiar beast - people in Hollywood are nuts.

— James Patterson

People always remember the worst day of their lifes. It becomes a part of them forever.

— James Patterson

Once I was seated, I couldn't help people-watching. I'll admit it, I'm an addict from way back.

— James Patterson

Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.

— James Patterson

Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to,

— James Patterson

She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.

— James Patterson

Well, I get under people's skins. It's a gift I have, what can I say?

— James Patterson

“They get me, and I get them. They have empathy . Most people don't, they really don't.”

— James Patterson

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but…

— James Patterson

There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what can happen is…

— James Patterson

For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living…

— James Patterson

Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say,…

— James Patterson

People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think…

— James Patterson

I am not a great prose stylist. I'm a storyteller. There are thousands of people who don't like what I do. Fortunately,…

— James Patterson

A classroom . People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me,…

— James Patterson

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

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

I love this idea of expanding the game universe. It has been limited. I guess probably because the genre was so successful,…

— James Patterson

living life was like putting the beach into a jar. The point wasn’t to fit everything in; it was to attend to…

— James Patterson

If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up. Even…

— James Patterson

I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of…

— James Patterson

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

Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they…

— James Patterson

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

A lot of people like the idea of eternal love and eternal romance. The notion of love that is more profound and…

— James Patterson

A lot of things that people think are risky, I don't think are risky. I don't get all that. I think what…

— James Patterson

I think sometimes we give people a lot of credit just because they're writing nice sentences even if it isn't adding up…

— James Patterson

Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and…

— James Patterson

I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max

— James Patterson

We’ll be back!” he snarled. It was really Ari’s voice. Boy, you just can’t kill people like you used to,” said Fang

— James Patterson

I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang…

— James Patterson

Love between two people can last a long time if the people love themselves some, and are ready to give love to…

— James Patterson

People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything…

— James Patterson

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

— James Patterson

As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to…

— James Patterson

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

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

Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't…

— James Patterson

The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but…

— James Patterson

I took a bite of cookie and chewed. “Hmmm,” I said, trying not to spit crumbs. “Clear vanilla notes, too-sweet chocolate chips,…

— James Patterson