You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes,… — 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
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
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
The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific… — 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 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
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
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
If it's commercial fiction that you want to write, it's story, story, story. You've got to get a story where if you… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or… — 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'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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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
If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If… — 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
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