All James Patterson Quotes
- Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping… Air
- Half the time when brothers wrestle, it's just an excuse to hug each other. Brother
- I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make. Complicated
- I am not a great prose stylist. I'm a storyteller. There are thousands of people who don't like what I do. Fortunately, there are millions… Fortunately
- Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up. Asparagus
- Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't corrupt, there certainly… Arrests
- Assume nothing, question everything. Assume
- Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing… Alex
- He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistence. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total… Angel
- Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books. Book
- Home is wherever we all are together. All
- Actually, I'd already briefed him, early this morning. Since we were up at six. Since, at six, the nurse had been overcome with the overwhelming… Been
- I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered… Culture
- If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If you want to… Author
- There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books. Book
- I love the idea of expanding the universe of games to some extent. At one point, they were kind of limited to boys, fanboys and… Boy
- Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl… All
- Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in… Best
- Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories. Sentences
- Better readers are better thinkers. Better
- My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'. Book
- My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone. Colloquial
- People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun. Always Come
- I grew up in a house full of women: my mother, grandmother, three sisters, and two female cats. And I still have the buzz of… Adult
- A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really… Fall