All James Patterson Quotes
- 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
- I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like a… Boggling
- I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like crazy right after high school… All
- For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living in New York.… Act
- The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for… Ask
- I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will… Believe
- What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going… Addicted
- A good love story always keeps the pot boiling. Always Keeps
- Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that. Hate
- Hollywood is a peculiar beast - people in Hollywood are nuts. Beast
- I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime. Believe
- I don't smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot. Inside
- I don't think of myself as a writer. Funny
- I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy… Day
- I have a folder in my office with about 400 ideas in it. So it will take me another 40 years to get through those. Folder
- I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more. Inspirational