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.'
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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I really only worked for about a month on 'Meatballs.' What happened was that Ivan Reitman figured out that studios wanted to meet everybody involved with 'Animal House' except the producer. So he thought he'd better start directing.
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In L.A., I get a meal delivery service called Diet Designs. I like a nice butter lettuce salad with some avocado, fresh grapefruit, shredded chicken breast and raw almond slices with a sesame vinaigrette dressing. I also love juicing and am kind of obsessed with it.
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Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.
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My notion's to think of the human beings first and let the abstract ideas take care of themselves.
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There's always going to be a way for me to go around a defense or play mind games and find a way to win.
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In my time it was the Kennedy call to public service in the Third World. Had there been no Peace Corps, my life would have been radically different.
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I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces.
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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.'
