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James Patterson Quotes

I always figured there would be a kid audience and an adult audience, and there is. That's true for 'Hunger Games' and 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter.' And 'Maximum Ride,' for sure. In particular what happens is a lot of parents share the books with their kids, and the mom has read it, and the kids, and they talk about it.

James Patterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Ride Parents Mom True Games Talk

When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men clambering over walls and getting tangled in barbed wire.

Men Walls Growing Up Someone Growing

If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.

Football You Look Pictures Now Old

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.

John L. Phillips

Flying Now Inspiration Two Years He

I've always said I would want to be a funeral director if I wasn't an actor.

Said Want Actor Director Always

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

Want Soon Wanted Spell Brief Worked

In the early days, I really felt the pain of not being able to find information easily. I guess that helped me to develop an urge to write things like a search engine.

Pain Me Search Information Early

I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

Heart Anger Frustration Violence Up

People can be really mean - they say the most vicious things.

People Say Mean They Say Things

I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention.

Mary Stuart Masterson

Love Attention Center Being Film

I get 'The New Yorker,' and I'm usually about three issues behind. But I do catch up. The problem is that it always seems like homework, but then you start reading it and go, 'Why am I not doing this all the time? These are such great stories!' But, yeah, that stack gets so big and dense.

Great Time Start Reading Problem

My dad had a habit of giving me the Abdullah the Butcher matches as well as the ones with tables and chairs - basically, the matches that went all over the building.

Habit Me Building Giving Over Well

If Barack Obama goes on to win the election, there will be plenty of ink and video spent on chronicling the historic nature of the turnout among young voters and African-Americans. But as important as both constituencies have been to Obama - particularly in the primaries - it's Hispanics that could be putting him over the top on Nov. 4.

Nature Win Election Important Young

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