James Patterson Quotes

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. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'

James Patterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1947

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GoodCompassionPeopleCoolGoWant

I work well under pressure.

Joe Bonamassa

WorkPressureWell

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.

Joe Biden

FearGovernmentPeopleWorldBelieve

I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to go bungee jumping. I like adventure with a real purpose that I can buy into.

John M. Grunsfeld

PurposeAdventureAirplaneI CanGo

With commentating, I've had a chance to show the humorous side of my personality that I didn't use on the court. It's fun, and I don't take myself too seriously. I have good broadcast teams with me, but I'm not a huge stats guy. I think they post the numbers too quickly, and I'd rather let the match play out a bit first.

John McEnroe

GoodMyselfPersonalityFunMePlay

In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth.

Robert Kennedy

LawyerWorthRightAnalysisLast

I do not read newspaper comics unless they happen to be out when I visit my parents, but I follow several online comics, which I check every morning while I drink my coffee and wake up for the day.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

MorningCoffeeDayParentsWake Up

Elon Musk wins you over with his elegant mastery of engineering, be it for the rocket or the car. But what blew my socks off was when our conversation veered way off topic. We started musing about whether it was possible we all lived in the matrix, and Musk still had deep knowledge.

Steve Jurvetson

CarKnowledgeDeepEngineeringYou

All I'm saying is that I rarely find myself pointing to Sean Penn's love life thinking, 'I want to be like that.'

Steven Crowder

LifeLoveMyselfSayingThinking

I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

Jason Gann

MeNowEscapeActorLuckyStarted

It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years.

Janine di Giovanni

ChangeChurchSaidAcceptHardMass

I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.

Jose Andres

GoodFutureFoodChefTruckThink

You need more than just a great idea. Your product or service must add an enormous amount of value to some industry. If the idea isn't completely new, it has to be better, cheaper, or more efficient than what we already have.

Jose Ferreira

GreatServiceValueBetterYouNew

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