Patrick Ness Quotes

Your reader is interested in a guileless, fresh, first-time-we-talked-about-it way. What a great liberation that is. And teenagers, if you respect them, will follow you a lot further than adults will, without fear of being a genre that they may not like or have been told not to like. They just want a story.

Patrick Ness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1971

Topics

FearRespectGreatStoryYouWant

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

John Wanamaker

YouToo MuchCourtesyNeverCoin

I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.

Anand Giridharadas

PeoplePrideWeaknessIgnoreYou

I have sleepless nights before press days.

Amanda Burton

DaysPressSleeplessBeforeNights

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all.

Tom Vilsack

LeadershipCommunityFoodService

'MaerskKendal' is a rarity with its British flag, the 'LONDON' home port painted on its bow, its two British chief officers, and its portrait of the queen in the mess room, apparently common courtesy on British ships, but a little alarming to me.

Rose George

HomeQueenMePortraitCourtesyTwo

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

Loretta Lynn

GoodBusinessSmartNeverRealShow

I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.

Julia Ormond

PeopleMeTruckTheatreFeelYou

I still have some very dear friends from school, and we get together whenever possible.

Dionne Warwick

TogetherSchoolGet TogetherFriends

I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company.

Denise Morrison

GoalsHealthLifestyleWillFrontier

I want happiness for my daughter - I want Carrie to be happy.

Debbie Reynolds

HappinessDaughterHappyBe Happy

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

Deborah Kerr

GrowYouGoYoungMoreJust

Millennials' tech and global savvy will make them instrumental in shaping our mobile future worldwide.

Brad D. Smith

FutureWillMillennialsMobileTech

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