"When I write I pretend I'm telling a……" — James Patterson
"When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished."
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537 Quotes by James Patterson
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Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends,…
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Half the time when brothers wrestle, it's just an excuse to hug each other.
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I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.
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I am not a great prose stylist. I'm a storyteller. There are thousands of people who don't like what I…
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Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up.
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Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of…
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Assume nothing, question everything.
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Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice…
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He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistence. "You guys could get married. I could be…
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Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.
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Home is wherever we all are together.
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Actually, I'd already briefed him, early this morning. Since we were up at six. Since, at six, the nurse had…
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