All James Patterson Quotes
- I love to tell stories. It's a delight for me. Delight
- I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and… Able
- I was always a good student, but I didn't read that much until I was 18 and I was working my way through college. College
- I write larger than life. It's what I do. Inspirational
- 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. Book
- I'm very emotional. I do feel stuff, for better or worse. Better
- If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead. Ahead
- It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like. Aunt
- I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with… Chance
- I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each… Accomplish
- I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of… Book
- I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots.… Compassion
- I'm big on having a blistering pace. That's one of the hallmarks of what I do, and that's not easy. I never blow up cars… Big
- If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and… Any
- In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels. Some… Almost Done
- One of the interesting things about YA books - I don't know about Percy Jackson, but I do know about 'Twilight' and 'Maximum Ride': There… Adult
- One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do… Book
- The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart'… Accessible
- The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many,… Act
- There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not invented here' and… Aside