Jane-Sweetie, we've talked about your weight-" my mother began. I'm only eight years old," I said. "How about I promise to be… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
In case you guys didn't catch last week's episode, I'm out of the flock," I informed them. "Angel has no allegiance to… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I have a folder in my office with about 400 ideas in it. So it will take me another 40 years to… — 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
I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Listen, street punk. You're a guy, and you're a couple inches taller, and maybe forty pounds heavier, and ooh, you're in a… — 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
What are you doing in there, waxing your mustache?” Iggy yelled, pounding on the bathroom door. I yanked the door open and… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
And now I was trying to brush my hair,you know,when I thought about it,and looking at myself in mirrors,wondering if I was… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Can you giggle while racing for your life and protecting a six-year-old? I can. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new… — 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
I fell into a deep sleep tucked in that little cocoon, a deeper sleep than I might of had in years. Right… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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.… — 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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