Patrick Ness Quotes

If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.

Patrick Ness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

JoyStoryYouWriteRightOut

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

Jennifer Lopez

LoveGoodRelationshipLoyaltyTable

I legit can not parallel park. This is no joke!

Jennifer Damiano

JokeParkParallel

The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.

Steven Biko

PeopleSocietyBlackValuesWhite

Like sugar and, oh - let's say the most tabloidy and gossipy reality television programs - credit is, for millions, genuinely addictive.

Tom Shales

RealityCreditTelevisionSugarSay

I would love to be a dad. There are plenty of comedians who have kids. But they're dads. Being a dad is so different from being a mom.

Michelle Wolf

LoveMomComediansDifferentKids

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Livy

FreedomKingOldOverSweetnessHad

Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.

Lord Byron

LoveLove IsFlyThinkLateOwn

I love experimenting with different hair styles and going clothes shopping.

Jazz Jennings

LoveHairShoppingClothesGoing

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

Diane Abbott

FoodInformationTideJunk FoodJunk

President after president has said energy independence is critical. But then you have the EPA tasked to go after American companies producing coal and penalizing them. You can't have it both ways.

Corey Lewandowski

EnergyIndependenceAmericanYouGo

I enjoy doing action a lot more because my films have a sense of violence. That's because I have a broad structure, and if I hit someone, it looks believable. Maybe my contemporaries are meeker-looking in comparison.

Arjun Kapoor

ActionSomeoneDoingViolenceEnjoy

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems.

Aung San Suu Kyi

WorkProudAppleHouseKnowSystem

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